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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-55-2019

British & Continental recalls Mica 3 Belgian Frangipans due to incorrect allergen labelling

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, wheat, soya and egg

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

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Mica 3 Belgian Frangipans

Pack size: 3 pack
Best before
All dates up to and including 26 July 2019

The latest affected best-before date was 26 July 2019, 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 affected product and have an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, and/or to milk or milk constituents, and/or egg and and/or 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:

Wheat (gluten), Milk, Eggs and Soya

This product contains wheat (gluten), milk, eggs and soya making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, and/or milk or milk constituents, and/or egg and/or an allergy to soya.

Details from the notice

British & Continental is recalling Mica 3 Belgian Frangipans because they contain wheat (gluten), milk, egg and soya which have not been emphasised on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, and/or milk or milk constituents, and/or egg and/or an allergy to soya. The product is only distributed in Morrisons and Nisa.

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

What the business is doing

British & Continental 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. 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.

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.