Milegate Ltd recalls Noury Individually Quick Frozen Prawns because of incorrect allergen labelling
Act if you are allergic to sulphites and crustaceans
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to sulphites and crustaceans. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Noury Individually Quick Frozen Prawns
Pack size: 350g- Batch code
- all
- Best before
- All dates
For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.
What to do
Advice from the FSA notice:
- If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to crustaceans and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Crustaceans, sulphites
This product contains crustaceans and sulphites making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to crustaceans and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites.
Details from the notice
Milegate Ltd is recalling Noury Individually Quick Frozen Prawns because they contain crustaceans and sulphites which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to crustaceans and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Milegate Ltd is recalling the above product from customers and have 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, Wales.
How this recall compares
- Undeclared sulphites is behind 53 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 8th most common allergen. All sulphites allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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