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Food safety agency recalls well-known juices from Greek market

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Greece’s food safety authority found black mold inside the bottle openings of specified juice products made by Vitom SA.
  • The recall covers orange, nine-fruit and apple-orange-carrot juices sold under the Oikogeneia Christodoulou brand, across several package sizes and batches.
  • Consumers who bought the listed products have been told not to consume them while inspections continue.

Greece’s food safety authority has ordered the immediate recall of several juice products after inspectors found black mold inside the openings of bottles made by Vitom SA.

The Eastern Macedonia and Thrace regional directorate of the Hellenic Food Authority, known as EFET, identified the problem during checks prompted by a consumer complaint. The products were made at Vitom’s facility in Koufalia, Greece.

The recall includes Oikogeneia Christodoulou 100% natural orange juice from concentrate in 250-millilitre bottles with a best-before date of September 16, 2026, lot 215.6. It also covers the same orange juice in 250-millilitre, one-litre and 1.5-litre bottles dated September 24, 2026, lot 223.6.

Other recalled products include the brand’s “9 Fruits 7 Vitamins” juice in 250-millilitre bottles dated September 12 and September 16, 2026, lots 211.6 and 215.6, and in one-litre bottles dated September 18, 2026, lot 217.6. The list also includes apple, orange and carrot juice in 250-millilitre bottles dated September 11 and September 16, 2026, lots 210.6 and 215.6.

EFET asked the company to withdraw all the specified batches from the market. Consumers who purchased any of the listed products have been advised not to drink them, while the relevant checks remain under way.

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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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