Alerts Check a product
Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-23-2019

Co-op recalls five soup products because of undeclared mustard

Act if you are allergic to mustard

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

Check your pack

Co-op Chicken & Vegetable Broth

Pack size: 400g
Use by
3 March 2019, 9 March 2019, 16 March 2019, 26 March 2019

Co-op Chicken & Vegetable Broth

Pack size: 600g
Use by
3 March 2019, 9 March 2019, 11 March 2019, 16 March 2019, 17 March 2019, 18 March 2019, 19 March 2019, 22 March 2019, 24 March 2019, 26 March 2019

Co-op Chunky Vegetable Soup

Pack size: 400g
Use by
8 March 2019, 11 March 2019, 16 March 2019, 19 March 2019, 30 March 2019

Co-op Chunky Vegetable Soup

Pack size: 600g
Use by
2 March 2019, 8 March 2019, 11 March 2019, 16 March 2019, 19 March 2019, 26 March 2019, 30 March 2019

Co-op Irresistible Tomato & Lentil Soup

Pack size: 600g
Use by
3 March 2019, 9 March 2019, 12 March 2019, 17 March 2019, 23 March 2019, 26 March 2019

The latest affected use-by date was 30 March 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 any of the above products and have an allergy to mustard, do not eat them. Instead return to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
Get allergy alerts for mustard Free notification on your phone or computer when a new one is published. No sign-up or email.
Turn on

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Mustard

These products contain mustard making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard.

Details from the notice

Co-op is recalling five soup products because they contain mustard which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard.

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 products from customers and has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. The company has also issued point-of-sale notices 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 product. Please see the attached notices.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • This was the 3rd recall involving Co-op in the 12 months to 26 February 2019. All Co-op recalls
  • Undeclared mustard is behind 69 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 7th most common allergen. All mustard allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.