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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-76-2019

Flames Foods recalls various types of frozen products due to undeclared nuts (almond)

Act if you are allergic to almond and nuts

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

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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 Vegetable Samosa

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 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 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

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 nuts (almond) 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:

Nuts (Almond)

These products may contain nuts (almond) making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.

Details from the notice

Flames Foods is recalling various types of frozen products because they contain nuts (almonds) that are not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts (almond).

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.

How this recall compares

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