UK Dairy Company Recalls Rubbery Spread

The UK Food Standards Agency advised consumers yesterday that Dairy Crest Ltd. has recalled two batches of Country Life Spreadable after finding that some packs might contain pieces of white rubber.

The recall notice covers 250g and 500g package sizes of Country Life Spreadable, labeled with Best Before dates of 20 December 2008 and 21 December 2008 (batch codes 8285 and 8286, respectively).

According to Dairy Crest, the problem affected a small proportion of batch 8285. Nevertheless, the company took the precaution of recalling the entire production batch as well as the following day's production.

Dairy Crest is requesting consumers who purchased the recalled batches of Spreadable to contact the company at 0800 328 5344.