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Allergy alert Published Updated once · 13 August 2019 FSA-AA-70-2019

COOK Trading recalls Green Thai Chicken Curry because of undeclared milk

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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COOK Green Thai Chicken Curry

Pack size: 540g

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Batch code
000241, 000242, 000255
Best before
17 March 2020, 22 March 2020

The latest affected best-before date was 22 March 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 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

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

Details from the notice

COOK Trading Ltd is recalling two further batches of Green Thai Chicken Curry because it contains milk which is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is 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

Cook Trading Ltd is recalling the above product from customers and has contacted 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 product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Scotland, Wales.

Updates to this recall

  1. · FSA-AA-70-2019
    Original alert: COOK Trading recalls Green Thai Chicken Curry because of undeclared milk
  2. · FSA-AA-70-2019-update-1
    Update 1: COOK Trading recalls Green Thai Chicken Curry because of undeclared milk
    • New batch or date details: batch 000241, 000242, 000255; best before 17 March 2020, 22 March 2020

How this recall compares

  • This is the 2nd recall or allergy alert naming Cook since 2018 (4 in total). All Cook 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.