Food and Drug Safety Ministry recalls tofu snacks over missing allergen labels

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it halted sales and recalled tofu snacks after discovering that eggs, peanuts, soybeans and wheat had not been declared on the label.

The ministry said the four allergens were used in the product despite not appearing in its ingredient declaration. Foods containing ingredients that can cause allergies are required to list the names of those ingredients on their labels.

The snacks were made by Geumho Confectionery and sold by Haeoreum Food. The recalled snack is sold in 140-gram packages bearing use-by dates of June 29 and July 14, 2027, with affected output totaling 252 kilograms, or 1,800 packages.

The ministry asked consumers who bought the snacks to stop consuming them and return them to the place of purchase. It said food-related illegal activity can be reported through the food safety hotline, 1399, or the Food Safety Information app, Naesonan.