Products made by an Irish coffee brand infused with CBD has been recalled just months after the business was forced to close by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.
Certain batches of Kama Hemp Kama Artisan Coffee are being recalled by the FSAI due to the presence of unsafe levels of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
A statement published online read: “The implicated batches of Kama Hemp Kama Artisan Coffee contain unsafe levels of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) based on the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) acute reference dose.”
Distributors have now been requested to withdraw the affected batches from the market, and consumers are advised not to ingest the product.
Point-of-sale recall notices will be on display in stores where the batches were sold and on websites if sold online.
The same business was issued a closure order back in November 2021, with officials demanding that:
- All the activities of the food business, its establishments, holdings, or other premises, be ceased, insofar as those activities relate to placing food on the market.
- The internet sites and social media sites operated by the food business be ceased for the purposes of placing food on the market.
The reason for the closure order, according to the FSAI was because “there was a lack of effective HACCP based food safety management procedures. In particular, possible food safety hazards associated with the production of alcohol and the use of such alcohol in the production process for Cannabidiol (CBD) oil had not been considered.
“The food business operator had not established documents and records commensurate with the nature and size of the food business to demonstrate the effective application of the HACCP based procedures.”
They also did not have effective traceability systems and procedures in place and their Cannabidiol (CBD) oil produced, used alcohol in the production process, which had not been authorised and included in the European Union list were being placed on the market.
