Anheuser-Busch recalled select Stella Artois six-packs, 12-packs, 18-packs, 24-packs, “Best of Belgium” multi-packs in the U.S. and Canada, and Stella Artois Légère 6-packs and 12-packs in the U.S. The company said the bottles may contain fragments of glass.
The recall is limited to bottles from one third-party production facility in Europe that produces a fraction of Stella Artois bottles.
The company said the recall involves less than 1% of Stella Artois glass bottles sold in North America annually, and affected bottles will be far less than this.
The recall does not affect other Stella Artois packaging formats, such as cans or draft or bottles of any other production codes.
This recall comes after the detection of a glass packaging flaw in some 11.2-ounce (330ml) bottles that may cause a small piece of glass to break off and possibly fall into the beer. The potentially-affected bottles were manufactured by a third-party which is one of many supplying Stella Artois with glass bottles.
“The safety of our consumers is our top priority. While the number of potentially-affected glass bottles is very small, we are recalling these Stella Artois packages as a precautionary measure,” said Christina Choi, Global Brand VP, Stella Artois. “Our team of technical experts has been working with our third-party glass bottle supplier to ensure this packaging flaw has been addressed.”