Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-03-2019

Lidl recalls McEnnedy Supersize Peanut Flips and Sondey Organic Biscuits Assorted because of undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, oats, peanuts, nuts and sesame

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to milk, gluten, oats, peanuts, nuts and sesame, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

Check your pack

McEnnedy Supersize Peanut Flips

Pack size: 450g
Best before
10 June 2019

Sondey Organic Biscuits Assorted

Pack size: 200g
Best before
30 May 2019

The latest affected best-before date was 10 June 2019, 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 either of the above affected products and have an allergy or intolerance to oats or gluten, an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, an allergy to peanuts, nuts or and an allergy to sesame do not eat it. 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:

Peanuts, Oats (gluten), Sesame, Milk and Nuts

These products contain peanuts, oats (gluten), sesame, milk and nuts making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to oats or gluten, an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, an allergy to peanuts, nuts or and an allergy to sesame.

Details from the notice

Lidl is recalling McEnnedy Supersize Peanut Flips because they contain peanuts which may not be mentioned in the product ingredients list and Sondey Organic Biscuits Assorted because they contain peanuts, oats (gluten), sesame, milk and hazelnuts which may not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to oats or gluten, an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, an allergy to peanuts, nuts or and an allergy to sesame.

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

What the business is doing

Lidl is recalling the above products from customers and have 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 tells 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 14th recall involving Lidl in the 12 months to 4 January 2019. 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.