Dunnes Stores recalls My Family Favourites Sliced Beetroot in Malt Vinegar because of undeclared barley.
Act if you are allergic to barley and gluten
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to barley and gluten, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Dunnes Stores My Family Favourites Sliced Beetroot in Malt Vinegar
Pack size: 670g- Batch code
- all
- Best before
- All best before dates
For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.
What to do
Advice from the FSA notice:
- If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to barley, do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Barley
This product contains barley making it a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy or intolerance to barley.
Details from the notice
Dunnes Stores is recalling My Family Favourites Sliced Beetroot in Malt Vinegar as it contains barley, which is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy or intolerance to barley. The product is only sold in Northern Ireland.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Dunnes Stores 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. 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: Northern Ireland.
How this recall compares
- This was the 4th recall involving Dunnes Stores in the 12 months to 23 April 2021. All Dunnes Stores recalls
- Undeclared gluten is behind 171 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 2nd most common allergen. All gluten allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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