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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-78-2020

ASK Italian recalls Christmas Crackers because of undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to barley, gluten, oats, wheat, peanuts, almond, nuts, soya and egg

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to barley, gluten, oats, wheat, peanuts, almond, nuts, soya and egg, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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ASK Italian Christmas Crackers

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Best before
end: September 2021

The latest affected best-before date was September 2021, 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 an allergy or intolerance to any of the allergens listed above, do not eat the chocolate inside the cracker. Instead return it to the restaurant from where it was bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Allergens: Peanuts, soya, barley (gluten), eggs, wheat (gluten), almonds (nuts) and oats (gluten).

This product contains peanuts, soya, barley (gluten), eggs, wheat (gluten) and may contain almonds (nuts) and oats (gluten). This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to almonds (nuts), peanuts and/or soya, and/or an allergy or intolerance to barley (gluten), eggs, oats (gluten) and/or wheat (gluten).

Details from the notice

ASK Italian is recalling Ask Italian Christmas Crackers because the chocolates in the cracker contains peanuts, soya, barley (gluten), eggs, wheat (gluten) and may contain almonds (nuts) and oats (gluten) not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to almonds (nuts), peanuts and/or soya, and/or an allergy or intolerance to barley (gluten), eggs, oats (gluten) and wheat (gluten).

The product was mis-packed with the incorrect chocolates.

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

What the business is doing

ASK Italian is recalling this 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 products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products.

How this recall compares

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.