New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Foodstuffs Own Brands Limited in its recall of Pams brand Afghan Oat Baked Bars as the product may contain foreign matter (metal).
"The concern with these oat bars is that some metal from manufacturing equipment may have got into the product during the production process," says New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle.
"If you have any Pams brand Afghan Oat Baked Bars with a Best Before of '16/01/2026' don’t eat it. You can return it to the place of purchase for a refund. If that’s not possible, throw it out."
The affected products are sold at Four Square, Gilmours, New World, Pak’nSave, Social Supermarket, and Trents nationwide.
The products have been removed from store shelves and have not been exported.
For up-to-date information and photographs of the affected product, visit:
Pams brand Afghan Oat Baked Bars
New Zealand Food Safety has not received any notifications of associated injury.
"As is our usual practice, New Zealand Food Safety will work with Foodstuffs Own Brands Limited to understand how this happened and prevent its recurrence," says Mr Arbuckle.
The vast majority of food sold in New Zealand is safe, but sometimes problems can occur. Help keep yourself and your family safe by subscribing to our recall alerts. Information on how to subscribe is on the New Zealand Food Safety food recall page.
