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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-56-2018

Sainsbury’s recalls ‘by Sainsbury’s Coconut & Yogurt filled Breakfast Biscuits’ and ‘by Sainsbury’s Cocoa filled Breakfast Biscuits’ due to undeclared sesame

Act if you are allergic to sesame

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

Check your pack

by Sainsbury’s Coconut & Yogurt filled Breakfast Biscuits

Pack size: 186 g
Best before
end dates: All date codes

by Sainsbury’s Cocoa filled Breakfast Biscuits

Pack size: 186 g
Best before
end dates: All date codes

For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought any of the above products and have an allergy to sesame, do not eat them. Instead return the product to your nearest Sainsbury’s store for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Sesame

These products contain sesame making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to sesame.

Details from the notice

Sainsbury’s is recalling ‘by Sainsbury’s Coconut & Yogurt filled Breakfast Biscuits’ and ‘by Sainsbury’s Cocoa filled Breakfast Biscuits’ because they contain sesame which is not mentioned on the labels. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to sesame.

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 products 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 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

How this recall compares

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.