Lidl issues urgent food recall: Supermarket warns PLASTIC is in its CHEESE - 'Unsafe to eat'

Lidl issues urgent food recall: Supermarket warns PLASTIC is in its CHEESE - 'Unsafe to eat'
Steve Parsons
Carl Bennett

By Carl Bennett


Published: 24/11/2022

- 12:27

Updated: 24/11/2022

- 12:28

The supermarket apologised for any inconvenience caused.

Supermarket Lidl has issued an urgent product recall after warning that their grated cheese may contain plastic.

The budget supermarket say the item is “unsafe to eat” as a result.


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Issuing a statement, they said: “Lidl GB is recalling Simply Grated Cheese, 500g with Best Before Date 23/12/2022 due to potential presence of pieces of plastic in the product, which makes this product unsafe to eat.

“If you have bought the above mentioned product we advise you not to eat it."

They added: “Instead, return it to a Lidl GB store for a full refund, with or without a receipt.

“Other Simply products and Best Before Dates are not affected by this recall."

File photo dated 14/1/2019 of signage at a Lidl store in Crowthorne, Berkshire. Profits at the British arm of supermarket chain Lidl have more than quadrupled with it having undertaken an ambition expansion of stores and customers over the year, it said. Pre-tax profits reached 41.1 million in the year to February 28, surging 319% from the 9.8 million posted the same time last year. Issue date: Thursday November 17, 2022.
Steve Parsons

The supermarket apologised for any inconvenience caused.

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