Sainsbury’s recalls 10 Vegetable Gyoza with a soy and ginger dip because of undeclared prawns
Act if you are allergic to crustaceans
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to crustaceans. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
by Sainsbury’s 10 Vegetable Gyoza with a soy and ginger dip
Pack size: 210g- Batch code
- 17519
- Best before
- end date: June 2021
The latest affected best-before date was June 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:
- If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to crustaceans, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Crustaceans (prawns)
Some packs contain prawns making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to crustaceans.
Details from the notice
Sainsbury’s is recalling by Sainsbury’s 10 Vegetable Gyoza with a soy and ginger dip because some packs contain prawns which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to crustaceans.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Sainsbury’s is recalling the above product from customers and has contacted 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
How this recall compares
- This was the 9th recall involving Sainsbury's in the 12 months to 8 January 2020. All Sainsbury's recalls
- Undeclared crustaceans is behind 24 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 11th most common allergen. All crustaceans allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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