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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-39-2025

Lidl recalls Red Hen 4 Tempura Chicken Steaks because milk is not emphasised on the label

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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Lidl Red Hen 4 Tempura Chicken Steaks

Pack size: 380g
Best before
All stock with best before dates: 11 December 2026 16 December 2026 22 December 2026 30 December 2026 16 January 2027 (no NI distribution)

Affected best-before dates run until 16 January 2027. Products from this recall may still be on sale or at home.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, 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:

Milk

This product contains milk making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

Details from the notice

Lidl is recalling Red Hen 4 Tempura Chicken Steaks because it contains milk which is not emphasised (in bold) on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

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 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 point-of-sale 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. Please see the attached notices.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • This was the 10th recall involving Lidl in the 12 months to 1 August 2025. 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.