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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-21-2018

Confectionery World recalls Turkish Delight – Rose and Lemon Flavours because of undeclared nuts

Act if you are allergic to nuts

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

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Turkish Delight – Rose and Lemon Flavours

Pack size: 200g

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Batch code
251017
Best before
25 October 2019

The latest affected best-before date was 25 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 to nuts, 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:

Nuts

This product contains nuts making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.

Details from the notice

Confectionery World is recalling Turkish Delight – Rose and Lemon Flavours because it contains nuts which is not mentioned on the product label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.

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

What the business is doing

Confectionery World 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 also issued a point-of-sale notice to its customers. This notice explains 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 nuts is behind 111 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 4th most common allergen. All nuts allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.