Update: Roasted coffee beans covered in dark chocolate products recalled because they contain undeclared nuts

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have bought the above products from the retailers listed in the attached consumer notice and have an allergy to almonds (nuts), do not eat them. Instead return them to the store they were purchased from for a full refund.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Risk: Almonds (nuts)

These products contain almonds (nuts) making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to almonds (nuts).

Details from the notice

Various roasted coffee beans covered in dark chocolate products have been recalled because they contain almonds (nuts) which are not mentioned on the label. This includes some products which contain roasted coffee beans covered in dark chocolate as an ingredient. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to almonds (nuts). This Allergy Alert has been updated as more product information has been added.

Please use the information below as the most recent, replacing earlier versions of this alert.

The affected products have been sold by a number of small retailers. A list of retailers and the products affected by this recall can be found in the attached consumer notice.

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

What the business is doing

The retailers listed in the attached consumer notice have been advised to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, who will inform their members about the recall. The retailers have also issued a point-of-sale notice to their customers as well as posting information on social media. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products.

Updates to this recall

1. 14 November 2020 · FSA-AA-69-2020
   Original alert: Roasted coffee beans covered in dark chocolate products recalled because they contain undeclared nuts
2. 17 November 2020 · FSA-AA-69-2020-update-1
   Update 1: Update: Roasted coffee beans covered in dark chocolate products recalled because they contain undeclared nuts
   • Added 2 products: covered coffee beans; Chocolate beans
   • New batch or date details: best before 14 Feb 2021; best before end of February 2021; best before end of December 2020; best before end of May 2021; best before end of October 2021

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.

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