Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-18-2019

Lidl recalls Sondey Orange Jaffa Cakes and Sondey Jaffa Minis due to undeclared milk

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.

Check your pack

Sondey Orange Jaffa Cakes

Pack size: 300g
Best before
01 January 2019; 01 February 2019; 01 March 2019; 01 April 2019; 01 May 2019; 01 June 2019; 01 July 2019; 01 August 2019

Sondey Jaffa Minis (Orange Assortment)

Pack size: 125g
Best before
01 July 2019; 01 August 2019; 01 November 2019

The latest affected best-before date was 1 November 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 the above products 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

These products contain 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 Sondey Orange Jaffa Cakes and Sondey Jaffa Minis, (Orange Assortment) because they contain milk which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products are 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 products from customers and the relevant allergy support organisations have been contacted 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

How this recall compares

  • This was the 16th recall involving Lidl in the 12 months to 20 February 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.