An Australian beer company owned by multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller said today it has recalled more than one million bottles of beer after broken glass was found in the product.
The move has been seen as a setback at the start of the brewer’s traditionally-busy holiday season sales. The recall also presented an unwelcome distraction for SABMiller as it seeks to win over regulators around the world for a proposed $106 billion (Sh10.8 trillion) buyout by rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, Reuters reports.
Melbourne-based Carlton & United Breweries, which SABMiller bought in 2011, said in a statement that it had recalled a batch of its Carlton Dry beer because of an unspecified issue that came “as a result of packaging”.
“This sort of thing is rare but we take the quality of our beers seriously,” the company added.
The batch was made in the Australian state of Queensland in October. A Carlton spokeswoman said the company alerted food safety authorities after customers complained of suspected traces of glass in their beer.
The recall involved 43,000 cases of the beer. The brewer was investigating the cause but did not expect the damage was intentional, the spokeswoman said.
Industry regulator, Food Standards Australia New Zealand said the recall would affect bottles sold in several local supermarkets well as other independent outlets and bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants in the region.
Source; Fortune
