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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-10-2024

ALDI recalls Carlos Takeaway Meat Feast Pasta Bake due to undeclared mustard

Act if you are allergic to mustard

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to mustard. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Carlos Takeaway Meat Feast Pasta Bake

Pack size: 600g
Use by
25 February 2024, 26 February 2024, 27 February 2024

The latest affected use-by date was 27 February 2024, which has passed. Recalled products can still be in cupboards and freezers, so check any you have at home.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have and allergy to mustard, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Mustard

This product contains mustard making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard.

Details from the notice

ALDI is recalling Carlos Takeaway Meat Feast Pasta Bake because it contains mustard which is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard.

An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.

What the business is doing

ALDI is recalling the above product from customers and have contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, who will tell their members about the recall. The company has also issued a point-of-sale notice to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Scotland, Wales.

How this recall compares

  • This was the 5th recall involving Aldi in the 12 months to 18 February 2024. All Aldi recalls
  • Undeclared mustard is behind 69 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 7th most common allergen. All mustard allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.