Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-01-2021

Premier Selection Sweets recalls The Premier Selection Choc Nibs because of undeclared hazelnuts

Act if you are allergic to hazelnut and nuts

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

Check your pack

The Premier Selection Choc Nibs

Pack size: All pack sizes
Best before
All dates up to and including 17 December 2021

The latest affected best-before date was 17 December 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 hazelnuts (nuts), 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:

Hazelnuts (nuts)

This product contains hazelnuts (nuts) making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to hazelnuts (nuts).

Details from the notice

Premier Selection Sweets is recalling The Premier Selection Choc Nibs, an assortment of chocolate, toffee and biscuit pieces because they contain hazelnuts (nuts) which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to hazelnuts (nuts).

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

What the business is doing

Premier Selection Sweets is recalling the above product 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 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.

How this recall compares

  • Undeclared nuts is behind 111 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 4th most common allergen. All nuts allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.