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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-17-2020

Cakes by Rebecca Limited recalls various products due to allergens not mentioned on the label

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, peanuts, nuts, soya, egg and sulphites

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

Check your pack

Sliced Cake Range

Pack size: Sliced or full cake
Best before
Up to an including 26/02/20
Details
Galaxy, Mars bar, Malteser, Rainbow, Dairy milk caramel, Oreo, Twix, Rolo, Biscoff lotus, Magic star, Bounty, Luxury carrot, Red velvet (with cream cheese), Birthday cake, Crème egg, Curly Wirly, Black Forrest, Nutella, Caramel egg, Peanut M&Ms, Ferrero, Kinder Bueno, Snickers crisp

Old School Range

Pack size: Single or tray
Best before
Up to and including 26/02/20
Details
Old school classic (icing and bright sprinkles), Raspberry and coconut old school, Caramel and chocolate sprinkles old school, Old school icing and coconut, Milkybar Old School

Scotch Eggs

Pack size: Single
Best before
Up to an including 26/02/20
Details
Caramel, Crème, Oreo

Traybakes

Pack size: Single or tray
Best before
Up to and including 26/02/20
Details
Coco pop kinder hippo, Nutella ferrero cornflake, Millionaire malteser, Milkybar & white Twix cornflake

Fresh products

Pack size: Single
Best before
Up to an including 26/02/20
Details
Raspberry Tarts, Strawberry tarts, Pineapple tart, Banoffee tarts, Caramel cups with fudge (room temp)

Cake in a jar

Pack size: Single
Best before
Up to an including 26/02/20
Details
Millionaire, Rainbow, Kinder Bueno, Malteser, Crème egg, Nutella brownie

Chocolate brownie

Pack size: Single or tray
Best before
Up to an including 26/02/20
Details
Nutella madness, Lotus biscoff, Ferrero rocher, Crème egg, Galaxy caramel, Salted caramel, Kinder Bueno

Cheesecakes

Pack size: Single
Best before
Up to and including 26/02/20
Details
Millionaire, Raspberry & white choc, Crème egg, Galaxy caramel, Ferrero rocher, Milky bar

New Cake in Egg Shell

Pack size: Single
Best before
Up to and including 26/02/20
Details
Crème egg cake shell, Caramel egg cake shell, Mini egg cake shell

The latest affected best-before date was 26 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 any of the above products and have an allergy or intolerance to cereals containing gluten, nuts, peanuts, egg, milk, sulphur dioxides and soya, do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Cereals containing gluten, nuts, peanuts, egg, milk, sulphur dioxides and soya.

These products contain cereals containing gluten, nuts, peanuts, egg, milk, sulphur dioxides and soya, making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to cereals containing gluten, nuts, peanuts, egg, milk, sulphur dioxides and soya.

Details from the notice

Cakes by Rebecca Limited is recalling all products because they contain various allergens which are not mentioned on the label or have not been emphasised correctly. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts, peanuts, and soya, or an allergy or intolerance to cereals containing gluten, egg, milk or milk constituents or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites.

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

What the business is doing

Cakes by Rebecca Limited is recalling all products (Annex A) 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. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Scotland.

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.