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Allergy alert Published Updated once · 25 August 2020 FSA-AA-46-2020

Update: SPAR recalls Chicken and Prawn paella because of undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, wheat, fish and molluscs

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

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SPAR Chicken and Prawn paella

Pack size: 600g

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Lot number
0105
Best before
October 2021

The latest affected best-before date was October 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:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to fish and/or molluscs, and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents and/or wheat (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:

Fish, molluscs, milk, and wheat (gluten)

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

Details from the notice

SPAR is recalling SPAR Chicken and Prawn paella because it contains fish, molluscs, 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 to fish, and/or molluscs, and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, and/or to wheat (gluten). The best before date has been updated.

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

What the business is doing

SPAR is recalling the above product from customers and 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

Updates to this recall

  1. · FSA-AA-46-2020
    Original alert: SPAR recalls Chicken and Prawn paella because of undeclared allergens
  2. · FSA-AA-46-2020-update-1
    Update 1: Update: SPAR recalls Chicken and Prawn paella because of undeclared allergens
    • Added product: SPAR Chicken and Prawn paella
    • Removed product: SPAR Chicken & Prawn paella
    • New batch or date details: best before October 2021

How this recall compares

  • This was the 3rd recall involving SPAR in the 12 months to 24 August 2020. All SPAR recalls
  • 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.