{"id":509102,"date":"2025-10-18T09:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/509102\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T09:38:15","slug":"lidl-give-urgent-alert-to-shoppers-as-item-unsafe-to-eat-as-it-may-contain-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/509102\/","title":{"rendered":"Lidl give urgent alert to shoppers as item &#8216;unsafe to eat as it may contain metal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued an alert, saying that Lidl is recalling XXL Sondey Stroopwaffel with Caramel Flavour Filling and Butter<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Lidl-Supermarket-High-Street-Food-Retailer.jpg\" alt=\"Epsom Surrey London UK April 12 2022, Lidl Supermarket High Street Food Retailer\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Anyone who has bought it can return the item(Image: martinrlee via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Shoppers who have purchased a Lidl sweet treat are being warned not to consume it as it may contain metal fragments. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued an urgent alert, stating that <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/lidl\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lidl<\/a> is withdrawing XXL Sondey Stroopwaffel with Caramel Flavour Filling and Butter from shelves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The product in question is the XXL Sondey Stroopwaffel with Caramel Flavour Filling and Butter, sold in 560g packages. Items with best before dates of November 21, 2025, December 2, 2025 or December 3, 2025 are affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The FSA said: &#8220;Lidl is recalling the above product. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling it. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;If you have bought the above product do not consume it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. For further information, please contact Lidl Customer Care on customer.care@lidl.co.uk or 0203 966 5566.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_waffle.jpg\" alt=\"XXL Sondey Stroopwaffel with Caramel Flavour Filling &amp; Butter\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>XXL Sondey Stroopwaffel with Caramel Flavour Filling &amp; Butter(Image: Lidl\/FSA)About product recalls and withdrawals<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_The-retail-shop-of-Lidl-in-London.jpg\" alt=\"London, UK- January 27, 2023: The retail shop of Lidl in London. Lidl Stiftung &amp; Co. KG is a German international discount retailer chain.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Shoppers can get a refund(Image: yujie chen via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The FSA explained: &#8220;If there is a problem with a food product that means it should not be sold, then it might be &#8216;withdrawn&#8217; (taken off the shelves) or &#8216;recalled&#8217; (when customers are asked to return the product). The FSA issues Product Recall Information Notices to let consumers and local authorities know about problems associated with food. In some cases, a &#8216;Food Alert for Action&#8217; is issued. This provides local authorities with details of specific action to be taken on behalf of consumers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued an alert, saying that Lidl is recalling XXL Sondey Stroopwaffel with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,1009,3236,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-509102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-lidl","10":"tag-product-recalls","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115394505248048329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}