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Product recall Published Updated once · 21 April 2026 FSA-PRIN-19-2026

Update 1: Saffron Pastries recalls various Saffron Pastries products because of potential rodent contamination

This recall applies to everyone who bought the product

The FSA has said the product may be unsafe to eat. Check the details below against your pack.

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Almond Biscuits

Pack size: 12 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 17 February 2027 up to and including 05 April 2027

Almond Madeira Slice

Pack size: 10 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 20 April 2026 up to and including 12 May 2026

Almond Slice

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 17 April 2026 up to and including 05 May 2026

Angel Slice

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 17 April 2026 up to and including 30 June 2026

Cake Rusk Soonfi (Updated)

Pack size: 12 Pieces
Best before
30 March 2027

Cake Rusk Soonfi (Updated)

Pack size: 18 Pieces
Best before
30 March 2027

Cherry Madeira Slice

Pack size: 10 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 20 April 2026 up to and including 12 May 2026

Chocolate Slice (Updated)

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
20 April 2026

Coconut Biscuits

Pack size: 12 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 18 February 2027 up to and including 08 March 2027

Coconut Madeira Slice

Pack size: 10 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 20 April 2026 up to and including 12 May 2026

Coconut Slice

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 23 April 2026 up to and including 05 May 2026

Cream Roll

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 10 August 2026 up to and including 20 September 2026

Family Almond Cake Rusk

Pack size: 26 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 20 January 2027 up to and including 11 March 2027

Family Cake Rusk (Updated)

Pack size: 26 Pieces
Best before
11 March 2027

Fruit Madeira Slice

Pack size: 10 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 20 April 2026 up to and including 12 May 2026

Fruit Slice

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 23 April 2026 up to and including 30 May 2026

Jam Biscuits (Updated)

Pack size: 12 Pieces
Best before
18 February 2027

Lemon Slice

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 16 April 2026 up to and including 08 June 2026

Original Cake Rusk

Pack size: 12 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 20 January 2027 up to and including 10 March 2027

Original Cake Rusk

Pack size: 18 pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 16 January 2027 up to and including 10 March 2027

Pistachio Biscuits

Pack size: 12 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 17 February 2027 up to and including 05 April 2027

Plain Madeira Slice

Pack size: 10 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 20 April 2026 up to and including 18 June 2026

Triple Pack Variety Madeira

Pack size: 3 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 30 June 2026 up to and including 12 May 2026

Twin Pack Madeira

Pack size: 2 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 23 April 2026 up to and including 15 May 2026

Vanilla Slice

Pack size: 5 Pieces
Best before
All best before dates from 17 April 2026 up to and including 30 June 2026

Affected best-before dates run until 5 April 2027. Products from this recall may still be on sale or at home.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above products, do not eat them. Instead, return them to where you bought them from for a full refund. For more information email [email protected] or call 01274 726101.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

These products may have been contaminated by rodents making them unsafe to eat.

Details from the notice

Saffron Pastries is recalling various Saffron Pastries brand products because of potential rodent contamination. This update corrects the best before dates of five products.

A Product Recall Information Notice tells the public about food that is unsafe and is being removed from sale.

What the business is doing

Saffron Pastries is recalling the above Saffron Pastries brand products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England.

Updates to this recall

  1. · FSA-PRIN-19-2026
    Original alert: Saffron Pastries recalls various Saffron Pastries products because of potential rodent contamination
  2. · FSA-PRIN-19-2026-update-1
    Update 1: Update 1: Saffron Pastries recalls various Saffron Pastries products because of potential rodent contamination
    • Added 5 products: Cake Rusk Soonfi (Updated); Cake Rusk Soonfi (Updated); Chocolate Slice (Updated); Family Cake Rusk (Updated); Jam Biscuits (Updated)
    • Removed 5 products: Cake Rusk Soonfi; Cake Rusk Soonfi; Chocolate Slice; Family Cake Rusk; Jam Biscuits
    • New batch or date details: best before 30 March 2027; best before 20 April 2026; best before 11 March 2027; best before 18 February 2027

How this recall compares

  • Foreign body has caused 40 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in ready meals, sandwiches and salads, followed by bread and bakery. All foreign body recalls

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.