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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-72-2020

Marks & Spencer recalls Balanced For You Red Thai Chicken Curry because of 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.

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M&S Balanced For You Red Thai Chicken Curry

Use by
14 December 2020 and 15 December 2020

The latest affected use-by date was 15 December 2020, 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 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

Marks & Spencer is recalling M&S Balanced For You Red Thai Chicken Curry because it contains milk which is not mentioned on the label. Due to a packaging error, the Red Thai Chicken Curry was mis-packed with Aromatic Lamb Curry which contains milk. 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

Marks & Spencer is recalling the above product from customers and has contacted 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. Information on the FSA’s work on food allergy and intolerance can be found on at: https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/allergy-and-intolerance. Advice on food allergy and intolerance can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/food-allergy/Pages/Intro1.aspx

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • This was the 3rd recall involving M&S in the 12 months to 14 December 2020. All M&S 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.