P&B (Foods) Limited recalls Heera Rewdi and Heera Sweet Makhana because of undeclared allergens
Act if you are allergic to sulphites and sesame
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to sulphites and sesame. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Heera Rewdi
Pack size: 300g- Batch code
- 2G1201221
- Best before
- May 2024
Heera Rewdi
Pack size: 300g- Batch code
- 1G1090222
- Best before
- Aug 2024
Heera Rewdi
Pack size: 700g- Batch code
- 1G1201221
- Best before
- May 2024
Heera Rewdi
Pack size: 700g- Batch code
- 1G1090222
- Best before
- Aug 2024
Heera Sweet Makhana
Pack size: 300g- Batch code
- 3G3280122
- Best before
- Nov 2023
Heera Sweet Makhana
Pack size: 300g- Batch code
- 3G1140622
- Best before
- June 2024
Heera Sweet Makhana
Pack size: 700G- Batch code
- 1G2070622
- Best before
- July 2024
The latest affected best-before date was August 2024, 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:
- If you have bought the above products and have an allergy to sesame and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites, do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Sesame and Sulphites.
Heera Rewdi contains sesame and Heera Sweet Makhana contains sulphites making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to sesame and/or a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites.
Details from the notice
P&B (Foods) limited is recalling Heera Rewdi because they contain sesame and Heera Sweet Makhana because they contain sulphites, neither allergens are mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with and allergy to sesame 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
P&B (Foods) Limited is recalling the above products from customers 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 notices to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tells them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notices.
How this recall compares
- This is the 5th recall or allergy alert naming P&B Foods since 2018 (6 in total). All P&B Foods recalls
- 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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