Ella’s Kitchen recalls Banana Multigrain Baby Rice because of undeclared oats (gluten)
Act if you are allergic to gluten and oats
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to gluten and oats, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Ella’s Kitchen Banana Multigrain Baby Rice
Pack size: 125g- Batch code
- 27922
- Best before
- 05 October 2023 and 06 October 2023
The latest affected best-before date was 6 October 2023, 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:
- If you have bought the above product and have coeliac disease, an allergy or intolerance to oat or gluten, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was purchased for a full refund. For more information, please contact Ella’s Kitchen on 0330 016 5221 or email [email protected].
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Oat and gluten.
Texture of product thicker than usual.
This product contains oats, (gluten) making it a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, an allergy or intolerance to oats or gluten.
The inclusion of oats also makes this product thicker in texture than it should be for a 4month+ product.
Details from the notice
Ella’s Kitchen is recalling Banana Multigrain Baby Rice because it contains oats, (gluten) which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, an allergy or intolerance to oats or gluten. The inclusion of oats also makes this product thicker in texture than it should be for a 4 month+ product. This allergy alert has been extended to include the additional best before date of 05 October 2023.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Ella’s Kitchen 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 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.
Updates to this recall
- Original alert: Ella’s Kitchen recalls Banana Multigrain Baby Rice because of undeclared oats (gluten)
- Update 1: Updated: Ella’s Kitchen recalls Banana Multigrain Baby Rice because of undeclared oats (gluten)
- New batch or date details: best before 05 October 2023 and 06 October 2023
How this recall compares
- 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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