Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-67-2019

Flames Foods recalls various frozen products due to undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, wheat, almond, nuts, soya, egg, mustard, sulphites and sesame

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to milk, gluten, wheat, almond, nuts, soya, egg, mustard, sulphites and sesame, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

Check your pack

Flames Foods Lamb Samosa

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Chicken Samosa

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Kubba Sarai

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Lamb Kofta

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Vegetable Samosa

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Chicken Kofta

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Chicken Escalope

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Shish Tawouk

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Chicken Wings

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Vegetarian Kubba Tarabulsia

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Vegetarian Potato kubba

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Falafel

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Lamb Shawarma

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Box of Falafel

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Falafel Burger

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Cheese Samosa

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Vegetable Samosa Sambousek

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Lamb Spring Rolls

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Chicken Spring Rolls

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Vegetarian Spring Rolls

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Cheese Spring Rolls

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Chicken Shawarma

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Kubba Halab

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Kubba Tarabulsia

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Potato Kubba

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Kubba Mousul Lamb

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Kubba Mousal Chicken

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Kubba Hamouth

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

Flames Foods Kubba Tepsi

Best before
Up to and including 16 July 2020

The latest affected best-before date was 16 July 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 products and have an allergy to mustard, nuts (almond), sesame, soya, and/or an allergy or intolerance to egg, and/or an allergy and/or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites, and/or allergy and/or intolerance to wheat (gluten) do not eat them. Instead return them 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:

egg, milk, mustard, nuts (almond), sesame, soya, sulphites, and wheat (gluten),

These products contain egg, milk, mustard, nuts (almond), sesame, soya, sulphites, and wheat (gluten), making them a possible health risk for anyone with allergy and/or intolerance to egg, and/or allergy and/or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, allergy to mustard, nuts (almond), sesame, soya, and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites, and/or allergy and/or intolerance to wheat (gluten).

Please see attached PDF for the allergens in each affected product.

Details from the notice

Flames Foods is recalling various types of frozen products because they contain various allergens that are not mentioned on the label or have not been emphasised correctly. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard, nuts (almond), sesame, soya, and/or an allergy or intolerance to egg, wheat (gluten), milk or milk constituents, and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites.

Please see attached PDF for the allergens in each affected product.

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

What the business is doing

Flames Foods is recalling the above products 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 been advised to issue a point-of-sale notice 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 products.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England.

How this recall compares

  • This is the 1st recall or allergy alert naming Flames Foods since 2018 (2 in total).
  • 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.