Ocado christmas cracker recall

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Do I just put the in the bin?
Does anyone know what the problem is?

I would also like to know this, I have phoned up and I was told I would get an email when they have an update.

I find it rather strange no specifics are known as to what this recall is regarding, with food and such usualy you find out it's a labeling issue or ingrediant but with this it's not clear. I personally think as it's not stated that it could be the tape that is pulled that is a safety concern perhaps too much added causing a fire risk so they don't want anyone to know and as a result do a MR Bean and cause one big bang.

I'm wondering this too, a Google search only brings this thread up, which is more than I found Thursday night.

Something around the 'bang' could be right. They are so pretty though, I went for the Stag ones.

My conspiracy theory is that it’s the bang but they don’t want to say it because people will try them just to see what happens!

I want to try it anyway, the not knowing makes it all the more tempting.

Probably choking hazard on the gifts inside and not labeled correctly or something surely? Would be exciting if it was the bang though, Mr Bean all the way.

Dh wants to give them a go.
The thing is if it's just the gifts, we're all adults it will be fine.

Mine too.

He said he'd do it in the garden so as to not burn the house down.

It sounds from the previous posts that more than one type of cracker is affected - I’ve bought the Cluedo ones for extras as I thought they would be fun for after dinner. I’m also assuming it’s the snap, might try to fish those out.

@Topofthemountain please do report back if you give them a try.

I got the email about the Cluedo crackers too. I'm so stupidly desperate to open them!

Maybe it is a devious PR ploy as now I want to buy them?

Has anyone tried theirs yet to see what happens?

Yes! The temptation was too great, so DH and I had a go when the kids weren't around. We have the Cluedo set. Nothing happened, no singed eyebrows and there was no choke-worthy gift inside, so we are none the wiser. I had also wondered if it's a snap thing, so am tempted to empty out the contents so we can still play after Christmas dinner. I have bought new crackers to pull though. I came across this thread in the same way as many of you - looking for information - so do tell is anyone finds anything else out!

Oh I’m glad I found this thread as also had the email with the cluedo crackers and couldn’t find anything.

oddly they were still available elsewhere as well.

Mine are the kraft/red snowflake crackers and Ocado tells me to bin them. Like other dh's, mine says to just use them as it will add interest at the Christmas dinner table. 🙄 We are all adults btw. I bought napkins and table decorations to match them, so I'm loathe to chuck em in the bin!

Ocado told us we would get an email back after three days, nothing heard yet.

I wonder if it's something more sinister (sorry) but I do have to think was it found to be a slave labour camp, something another British brand was found to be unknowingly using.

Who knows with made in china could be anything if its not safety related assuming that is correct then the hats wont be using a die that can cause a reaction. Without facts we can make up anything we want and still be non the wiser.

I really wouldn't use them. They don't do this sort of thing unless they have to.

Perhaps one of the jokes is so funny you will die of laughter.

Hi All, i messaged Ocado via FB today in regards to these crackers. Sounds like they are safe, i have copied their response below:

Hi Rachel, this is a quality issue, there is no risk to you in using this product, but we are encouraging customers to dispose of these products as they do not been our Ocado standards. A dedicated team within Ocado Retail is investigating this further with the supplier so we can look to prevent anything like this from happening in future. There is no further information I would be able to provide regarding this, unfortunately. Is there anything else I can do for you today?

Yeah, I think maybe they were just a bit shit. I had some other crackers in my basket for my Christmas shop and had an email today saying they'd been removed because of 'quality problems with the supplier'.

Oh, that's good news! I don't mind them being a bit crap. Especially as they were free.

watching as intrigued. someone please report back 😂

Which crackers are affected please?

'International Greetings' is the make, according to my email, you probably had an email if you bought some.

Merry Christmas, did anyone keep these?

I purchased some from Sainsburys and we only opened two today so far and one of those was missing a prize.