Recall of specialty coffee in 100g glass jar

From AVA:
20 May 10: Nestle Singapore Pte Ltd has notified the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of the voluntary recall of Alta Rica, Alta Rica Decaff, Cap Colombie, Suraya, Espresso soluble coffee range speciality variety of Nescafe manufactured in the United Kingdom. The products are contained in a specific type of 100g glass jar with distinctive plastic sleeve. Some of these jars may be susceptible to breakage during delivery process to the customers and subsequently may contain small pieces of glass.

Following this notification, AVA has directed the importers and retailers to recall the affected product from the market immediately.

AVA advises consumers who have bought the implicated products to return them to the retail outlets.

AVA will monitor the situation to ensure that the affected products are not available for sale in the market.

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Pork test to bust cheats

Reuters - Tuesday, May 4

ALMATY - Scientists in mainly Muslim Kazakhstan have come up with an instant test for the presence of pork in food, a popular newspaper reported on Monday.

The plastic-stick test detects food molecules that are found only in pork, which is forbidden by Islam but is easily found in the Central Asian state, Megapolis weekly said.

"It's no secret that some chefs cheat and add pork to beef to make the dish cheaper," the newspaper wrote on Monday, saying the practice was widespread in Kazakhstan.

"When you get your beef patty, cut off a couple of small pieces and drop them in a glass of water. Stir, shake, put the test stick in ... In a minute or two you will see the result."

Megapolis said it was unclear when the test, in which the stick changes color as in a pregnancy test, would become widely available.