Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-10-2020

Iceland recalls NO CHEESE products because they may contain milk

Act if you are allergic to milk

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

Check your pack

NO CHEESE 2 Cheese and Onion Pasties

Pack size: 360g
Best before
all date codes

NO CHEESE Houmous Style Sauce Pizza

Pack size: 284g
Best before
all date codes

NO CHEESE Mediterranean Garden Pizza

Pack size: 382g
Best before
all date codes

NO CHEESE Italian Garden Pizza

Pack size: 382g
Best before
all date codes

NO CHEESE Houmous Pizza

Pack size: 284g
Best before
all date codes

NO CHEESE Macaroni Cheese

Pack size: 350g
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 any of the above products and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents 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:

Milk

These products may contain milk making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

Details from the notice

Iceland is recalling NO CHEESE products because they may contain milk which is not mentioned on the labels. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

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

What the business is doing

Iceland 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 products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • This was the 6th recall involving Iceland in the 12 months to 31 January 2020. All Iceland recalls
  • 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.