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Allergy alert Published Updated once · 28 July 2018 FSA-AA-54-2018

(Updated) Bradbury & Son (Buxton) recalls Lo-Col because milk is not emphasised on the labelling

Act if you are allergic to milk

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

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Lo-Col

Pack size: 195g
Best before
date 19 September 2018, 1 October 2018, 3 October 2018, 7 October 2018, 9 October 2018

The latest affected best-before date was 9 October 2018, 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 milk do not consume 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:

Milk

This product contains milk making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents

Details from the notice

Bradbury & Son (Buxton) Ltd are recalling batches of Lo-Col, cheese alternative, because the product contains milk which is not emphasised on the labelling. This means the product is a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk.

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

What the business is doing

Bradbury & Son (Buxton) Ltd 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 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, Wales.

Updates to this recall

  1. · FSA-AA-54-2018
    Original alert: Bradbury & Son (Buxton) recalls Lo-Col because milk is not emphasised on the labelling
  2. · FSA-AA-54-2018-update-1
    Update 1: (Updated) Bradbury & Son (Buxton) recalls Lo-Col because milk is not emphasised on the labelling
    • New batch or date details: best before date 19 September 2018, 1 October 2018, 3 October 2018, 7 October 2018, 9 October 2018

How this recall compares

  • Undeclared milk is behind 270 UK allergy alerts since 2018, more than any other allergen. All milk allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.