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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-43-2018

Lidl Ireland recalls Filled Potato Croquettes as milk is not declared in English

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.

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Harvest Basket Filled Potato Croquettes – Spinach & Mozarella

Pack size: 600g
Best before
All Dates

Harvest Basket Filled Potato Croquettes – Cream Cheese & Herbs

Pack size: 600g
Best before
All Dates

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 products and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

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

Details from the notice

Lidl Ireland is recalling two varieties of Harvest Basket Filled Potato Croquettes because they contain milk, which is not written in English in the ingredients list. The products were sold in Lidl stores in Northern Ireland.

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

What the business is doing

Lidl Ireland 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

The FSA lists this alert for: Northern Ireland.

How this recall compares

  • This was the 6th recall involving Lidl in the 12 months to 16 May 2018. All Lidl 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.