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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-45-2022

Galberts recalls Galberts Plant Based Lemon Cheesecake because of undeclared walnuts (nuts)

Act if you are allergic to nuts and walnut

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

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Galberts Plant Based Lemon Cheesecake

Pack size: 2 x 100g
Best before
All date codes

For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to walnuts (nuts), 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:

Walnuts (nuts)

This product contains Walnuts (nuts) making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to Walnuts (nuts).

Details from the notice

Galberts is recalling Galberts Plant Based Lemon Cheesecake because it contains walnuts (nuts), which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to walnuts (nuts).

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

What the business is doing

Galberts 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

  • 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.