Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-11-2021

Little Dish recalls British Chicken & Veg Pie because of undeclared fish

Act if you are allergic to fish

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to fish. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

Check your pack

Look on the lid or top Affected products have ‘Fish Pie’ marked on the film of the product.

Little Dish British Chicken & Veg Pie

Pack size: 200g

What to look for. Print styles vary, so compare each character with the list below.

Use by
18 April 2021

The latest affected use-by date was 18 April 2021, 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 and have an allergy to fish, 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:

Fish

This product contains fish making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to fish.

Details from the notice

Little Dish is recalling British Chicken & Veg Pie because it contains fish, which is not mentioned on the label. Due to a packaging error, some of the packets contain fish pie. Affected products have ‘Fish Pie’ marked on the film of the product. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to fish.

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

What the business is doing

Little Dish is recalling the above product from customers and 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 notice.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Northern Ireland, Wales.

How this recall compares

  • Undeclared fish is behind 26 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 10th most common allergen. All fish allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.