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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-18-2020

Arthouse Unlimited recalls Turtles Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt & Caramel because of undeclared nuts

Act if you are allergic to hazelnut and nuts

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

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Turtles Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt & Caramel

Pack size: 100g
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Expiry date: 30 December 2020

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have allergy to nuts (hazelnuts), 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:

Nuts (Hazelnuts)

This product contains hazelnuts making it a possible health risk for anyone with allergy to nuts.

Details from the notice

Arthouse Unlimited is recalling a batch of its Turtles Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt & Caramel because of undeclared nuts. The product might contain hazelnuts which is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with allergy to nuts (hazelnuts).

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

What the business is doing

Arthouse Unlimited is recalling the above product from customers and has been advised to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, which 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 tells them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.

How this recall compares

  • Undeclared nuts is behind 111 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 4th most common allergen. All nuts allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.