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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-47-2022

ASDA is recalling ASDA Plant Based Lemon Cheesecake because of undeclared walnuts and hazelnuts (nuts)

Act if you are allergic to hazelnut, nuts and walnut

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

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ASDA Plant Based Lemon Cheesecake

Pack size: 2 x 100g
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All date codes

For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to walnuts and/or hazelnuts (nuts), do not eat it. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Walnuts and hazelnuts (nuts)

This product may contain walnuts and hazelnuts (nuts) making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to walnuts and/or hazelnuts (nuts).

Details from the notice

ASDA is taking the precautionary step of recalling ASDA Plant Based Lemon Cheesecake because it may contain traces of walnuts and hazelnuts (nuts), which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to walnuts and/or hazelnuts (nuts).

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

What the business is doing

ASDA is recalling the above product from customers and they have contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. The company has also issued a recall 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.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • This was the 6th recall involving Asda in the 12 months to 9 September 2022. All Asda recalls
  • 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.