FSAI Recall Batch Of Dairy Farm Vanilla Ice Cream.

FSAI recall a batch of Dairy Farm Vanilla Ice Cream due to chemical smell and taste from the product.

Alert Summary dated Friday, April 4th 2025.

Category 1: For Action
Alert Notification: 2025.17
Product Identification: Dairy Farm Vanilla Ice Cream tub; pack size: 1 litre; approval number: IE 1065 EC
Batch Code: L24356B; best before date: June 2026
Country Of Origin: Ireland

Message: The above batch of Dairy Farm Vanilla Ice Cream is being recalled due to some customers experiencing a chemical smell and/or taste from the product.
Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in Lidl stores.

Action Required:
Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.

Note: At the best of times, according to the independent YUKA App. the above product, when scanned by Thurles.Info, contains Mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids, latter a high risk texturizing agent which provides consistency, maintains or modifies the texture of this product.
This additive we are informed, could in cases of high consumption, increase the risk of developing cancers and cardiovascular diseases. It is also suspected of disrupting gut flora , which could lead to an increased risk of autoimmune and allergic diseases, as well as inflammatory diseases.

This product also contains Locust bean gum; Guar gum and E415. These additives/texturizing agents used as emulsifiers are believed to also alter gut microbiota. A recent Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) study, [latter the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research], found that such emulsifiers may be associated with the development of breast cancer. However, it is also accepted that further studies are required with regards to this latter claim.

Now comes the questions:
(1) With this research knowledge readily available; why are Irish manufacturers allowed to use these additives/texturizing agents in such products?
(2) Why are Shops/Supermarkets continuing to sell such products?
(3) Could the removal of such additives/texturizing agents from our food, reduce hospital overcrowding and patient waiting time for beds?

We have forwarded these three questions to the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Mr Martin Heydon TD. (martin.heydon@oir.ie) and to the Minister for Health, Ms Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (jennifer.carrollmacneill@oireachtas.ie); seeking early replies.