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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-50-2021

Booths recalls Booths Four Spicy Vegetable Samosas because of undeclared soya

Act if you are allergic to soya

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

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Booths Four Spicy Vegetable Samosas

Pack size: 160g (4 pack)

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Use by
6 August 2021

The latest affected use-by date was 6 August 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 to soya, 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:

Soya

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

Details from the notice

Booths is recalling Booths Four Spicy Vegetable Samosas because it contains soya, which is not mentioned on the label. Due to a packaging error, some products contain Lamb Samosa instead of Vegetable Samosa. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya. It also contains undeclared meat.

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

What the business is doing

Booths is recalling the above product from customers and have 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. This notice explains 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.

How this recall compares

  • There was no other recall involving Booths in the 12 months before this one. All Booths recalls
  • Undeclared soya is behind 112 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 3rd most common allergen. All soya allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.