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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-24-2018

Co-op recalls Breaded Cod Fillets due to undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to milk and mustard

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

Check your pack

Co-op Breaded Cod Fillets

Pack size: 270g
Use by
02 April 2018

The latest affected use-by date was 2 April 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 to mustard or 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:

Mustard, Milk

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

Details from the notice

Co-op is recalling its Breaded Cod Fillets because some packs may have been incorrectly packed with battered fillets containing mustard and milk which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard and/or 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

Co-op 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 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 products. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • There was no other recall involving Co-op in the 12 months before this one. All Co-op recalls
  • 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.