Canadian Press, 2 Jan , 2008

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A major Dutch supermarket chain is recalling a line of chocolate-covered raisins after a packaging mix-up caused some to be filled with chocolate-covered nuts instead.

The Albert Heijn supermarket chain says the mislabelled packages pose a potential threat to children and people with nut allergies.

Spokeswoman Els van Dijk says the company was alerted to the problem last week.

After consulting with the packaging company, it decided to pull all boxes from the shelves.

She couldn't estimate the cost of the recall, but said it would involve "thousands" of boxes of the raisins, which bear the store's own label.

The company planned to run advertisements in newspapers Thursday urging customers to return all boxes with an expiration date of March 14 for a refund.

Albert Heijn is the Netherlands' largest supermarket chain, and is owned by global retailer Royal Ahold NV.