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No food company, including top brands, is immune to mistakes.
Think a recall can't happen to you? So did these companies. Until it did.
Migros, 2024
The company recalled its M-Classic lemon yogurt as a precaution after a quality control issue at the factory.
Ferrero, 2022
Kinder products across Europe were recalled after a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak.
Haribo, 2025
After lab tests identified trace amounts of cannabis in one batch of Happy Cola F!ZZ gummies, Haribo pulled the product from shelves in the Netherlands.
Even a minor quality control lapse in the lab can snowball into a public disaster, costing time, money, and consumer trust.
At 1LIMS, we help laboratory teams streamline their QC/QA operations. And we’ve noticed an alarming trend:
🚨 Product recalls are on the rise across Europe.
To explore the root causes of recalls, we talked to our friend and colleague Dr. Lars Fieseler, Head of the Food Microbiology Research Group at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
He shared his insights on the main reasons behind these incidents.
❌Poor hygiene in the production area
Many food companies underestimate the risk of secondary contamination during slicing, packaging, or storing products on the production floor.
❌Inconsistent quality checks
Differences in testing methods, inspection schedules, and safety protocols across production facilities can lead to missed contaminants, spoilage, or other defects.
❌Lack of traceability
Old-school methods like paper docs and Excel spreadsheets often result in disorganized data. Data gets lost or messed up, and it’s hard to tell where things have gone wrong.
Now imagine it’s your operation.
One batch of product tests positive for sesame, which isn’t listed on the label. You’re waiting for results from the second batch. Production is still running.
What’s your next move?
🤔You have 2 ways to follow:
Neither sounds ideal.
💡 So here’s a better option.
1LIMS provides a 360-degree view of your products, tasks, analysis, and results, so nothing slips through the cracks.
P.S. Curious to learn more? Here are a few resources worth exploring.
👉Follow Dr. Lars Fieseler for more scientific insights and evidence-based facts.
👉 Learn more about the key problems of food safety management systems and ways to solve them.
👉 Check out reports listing the latest product recalls from around the world for different months.
Happy & safe lab work!
❤️ Greetings,
1LIMS Team
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