Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-11-2019

Rayan Patisserie recalls Assorted Baklawah due to undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten and wheat

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to milk, gluten and wheat, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

Check your pack

Rayan Patisserie Assorted Baklawah

Pack size: 200g and 500g
Best before
All dates up to and including 07 May 2019

The latest affected best-before date was 7 May 2019, 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 milk or milk constituents and/or to wheat or gluten, 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:

This product contains milk and wheat (gluten) making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance milk or milk constituents and/or to wheat or gluten.

Details from the notice

Rayan Patisserie is recalling its Assorted Baklawah because it contains milk and wheat (gluten) which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents and/or wheat or gluten.

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

What the business is doing

Rayan Patisserie 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 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.