A brand of peanut butter is being recalled due to a potential choking hazard.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) says Suma is recalling a batch of its Unsalted Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter.

This is because it may contain a foreign body, which could represent a choking hazard and public health risk for those eating it.

It adds that point-of-sale notices will be displayed in stores that were supplied with that batch.

The alert relates to Suma Unsalted Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter; pack size 700g.

It has a batch code of L1228 and a 'best before' date of April 10th 2016.

The affected product has its country of origin listed as the Netherlands.