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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-86-2018

Candyco recalls various Monarch Confectionary products because of incorrect allergen 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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Monarch Confectionary Chocolate Statins

Pack size: 100g
Best before
All dates up to and including 31 October 2019

Monarch Confectionery Vanilla, Raspberry and Peppermint macaroon bars

Pack size: 115g
Best before
All dates up to and including 31 March 2019

The latest affected best-before date was 31 October 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 product and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents 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:

Milk

The products contain milk making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

Details from the notice

Candyco recalls Monarch Confectionary chocolate satins (boiled sweets) and three flavours of Monarch Confectionary macaroon bars, because they contain milk, which is not correctly declared on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

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

What the business is doing

Candyco is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. This notice explains 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.

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.