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Allergy alert Published FSS-AA-002-2025

McGhee’s Family Bakers recall packs of 6 Scottish Brown Rolls because of undeclared soya

Act if you are allergic to soya

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

Check your pack

6 Scottish Brown Rolls

Batch code
LS5007
Best before
12 January 2025

The latest affected best-before date was 12 January 2025, 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 Food Standards Scotland notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to soya 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

Food Standards Scotland's risk statement:

Soya

This product may contain soya making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

Details from the notice

McGhee’s Family Bakers are recalling packs of 6 Scottish Brown Rolls. Due to a packaging error, several packs include white rolls which contain soya. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

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

What the business is doing

McGhees Family Bakers is recalling the above product which was sold at Asda and Sainsburys stores 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 notice.

Information on Food Standards Scotlands work on food allergy and intolerance can be found at: http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/food-safety-standards/food-allergy.

Advice on food allergy and intolerance can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/food-allergy/Pages/Intro1.aspx.

McGhee and Sons recalls 6 Scottish Brown Rolls because of undeclared soya PDF (90KB)

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: Scotland.

How this recall compares

  • Undeclared soya is behind 112 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 3rd most common allergen. All soya allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.