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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-17-2018

Lidl Ireland recalls Grafschafter Garlic Baguettes and Herb Baguettes as allergenic ingredients are not declared in English

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, rye, wheat, soya, mustard and sesame

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to milk, gluten, rye, wheat, soya, mustard and sesame, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Garlic Baguettes (Knoblauch Butter Baguette)

Pack size: 350g (2x175g)
Batch code
All batches
Best before
All dates

Herb Baguettes (Krauter Butter Baguette)

Pack size: 350g (2x175g)
Batch code
All batches
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 wheat, rye or gluten and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents or an allergy to mustard, sesame or soya, 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:

Wheat (gluten), Rye (gluten), Milk, Mustard, Sesame, Soya

These products contain wheat (gluten), rye (gluten) and milk and may contain mustard, sesame and soya making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat, rye or gluten and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents and/or an allergy to mustard, sesame and soya.

Details from the notice

Lidl Ireland is recalling two varieties of butter baguettes because they contain wheat (gluten), rye (gluten) and milk and may contain mustard, sesame and soya, none of which are written in English on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat, rye or gluten and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents and/or an allergy to mustard, sesame or soya.

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 2nd recall involving Lidl in the 12 months to 7 March 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.