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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-07-2020

Booths recalls Lemon Meringue Cake because of undeclared almonds

Act if you are allergic to almond and nuts

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

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Booths Lemon Meringue Cake

Best before
3 February 2020

The latest affected best-before date was 3 February 2020, 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 nuts, 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 (Almonds)

This product contains almonds (nuts) making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.

Details from the notice

Booths is recalling Lemon Meringue Cake because it contains almonds (nuts) which are not mentioned on the label. Due to a packaging error, some products contain Bakewell Cake instead of Lemon Meringue Cake. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.

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

  • This was the 4th recall involving Booths in the 12 months to 22 January 2020. All Booths 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.