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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-37-2024

Aldi recalls Soupreme Creamy Chicken Soup and Specially Selected Pea and Ham Hock Soup due to undeclared peanut

Act if you are allergic to peanuts

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

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Soupreme Creamy Chicken Soup

Pack size: 600g
Best before
01 October 2024

Specially Selected Pea and Ham Hock Soup

Pack size: 600g
Best before
28 September 2024

The latest affected best-before date was 1 October 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 any of the above products and have an allergy to peanuts, do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund. For further information visit help.aldi.co.uk
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Peanuts

These products may contain peanut making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to peanuts.

Details from the notice

Aldi is recalling Soupreme Creamy Chicken Soup and Specially Selected Pea and Ham Hock Soup because they may contain peanut, which are not mentioned on the label, making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to peanuts.

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 products from customers and has been advised to contact 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 products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • This was the 6th recall involving Aldi in the 12 months to 31 August 2024. All Aldi recalls
  • Undeclared peanuts is behind 94 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 5th most common allergen. All peanuts allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.