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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-65-2019

Leonidas boxed assortment of Belgian Chocolates may contain varieties with undeclared sesame seeds and nuts

Act if you are allergic to nuts and sesame

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

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Leonidas Assortment of Belgian Chocolates

Pack size: various assortments 375g, 500g, 750g and 1kg

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought any of the above products and have an allergy to sesame and/or nuts, do not eat them.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Sesame and nuts

These products may contain sesame and/or nuts, making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to sesame and/or nuts.

Details from the notice

Leonidas boxed assortment of Belgian Chocolates may contain varieties of chocolates that contain sesame seeds and nuts which are not declared on the label of some boxes. The assortments are made up of individual chocolates packed in-store in boxes that have the incorrect label. This means that these products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to sesame and/or nuts.

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

What the business is doing

Leonidas has withdrawn the affected products from its stores. A photo of the product and label can be found at the link below.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England.

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.