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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-32-2018

Halo Top recalls Mint Chip Ice Cream and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream because of undeclared soya

Act if you are allergic to soya

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

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Halo Top Mint Chip Ice Cream

Pack size: 473ml

What to look for (batch 1 of 6). Print styles vary, so compare each character with the list below.

Batch 1
Batch code
7324
Best before
14 January 2019
Batch 2
Batch code
7352
Best before
11 February 2019
Batch 3
Batch code
8008
Best before
4 March 2019
Batch 4
Batch code
8017
Best before
13 March 2019
Batch 5
Batch code
8026
Best before
22 March 2019
Batch 6
Batch code
8050
Best before
15 April 2019

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Pack size: 473ml

What to look for (batch 1 of 7). Print styles vary, so compare each character with the list below.

Batch 1
Batch code
7325
Best before
15 January 2019
Batch 2
Batch code
7354
Best before
13 February 2019
Batch 3
Batch code
8012
Best before
8 March 2019
Batch 4
Batch code
8022
Best before
18 March 2019
Batch 5
Batch code
8059
Best before
24 April 2019
Batch 6
Batch code
8060
Best before
25 April 2019
Batch 7
Batch code
8072
Best before
7 May 2019

The latest affected best-before date was 7 May 2019, 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 any of the above products and have an allergy to soya do not eat them. 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:

Soya

These products contain soya making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

Details from the notice

Halo Top UK Ltd is recalling Mint Chip Ice Cream and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream because they contain chocolate chips with soya which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

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

What the business is doing

Halo Top UK Ltd 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 issued a point-of-sale notice to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the product is/products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product(s).

How this recall compares

  • Undeclared soya is behind 112 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 3rd most common allergen. All soya allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.