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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-38-2024

Lidl NI recalls Deluxe Chicken & Vegetable Soup, incorrectly labelled as Sweet Potato & Chicken Soup, because of undeclared cereals (barley and wheat) containing gluten

Act if you are allergic to barley, gluten and wheat

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

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Deluxe Chicken & Vegetable Soup

Pack size: 400g
Use by
29 September 2024

The latest affected use-by date was 29 September 2024, 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 the above product do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store where you bought it. For further details, contact Lidl Northern Ireland on 0289 568 4888.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Barley (gluten) and wheat (gluten)

This product contains gluten making it a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to barley, wheat or gluten.

Details from the notice

Lidl NI is recalling Deluxe Chicken & Vegetable Soup because of undeclared barley (gluten) and wheat (gluten). Due to a packaging error, the soup has been packaged into the incorrect Sweet Potato & Chicken Soup tub with the correct Chicken & Vegetable Soup lid. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to barley, wheat or gluten.

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

What the business is doing

Lidl NI is recalling the above product 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 recall notice to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: Northern Ireland.

How this recall compares

  • This was the 9th recall involving Lidl in the 12 months to 12 September 2024. All Lidl recalls
  • Undeclared gluten is behind 171 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 2nd most common allergen. All gluten allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.