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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-84-2018

Spartan Protein recalls various products due to incorrect allergen labelling

Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, wheat and peanuts

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

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Spartan Peanut Butter & Cacao Flapjack

Pack size: 70g
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Spartan Peanut Butter & Honey Flapjack

Pack size: 75g
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Total Recovery

Pack size: All pack sizes
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Pure Whey Protein

Pack size: All pack sizes
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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 the above products and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, wheat (gluten), or an allergy to peanuts, do not eat them. Instead return 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:

Milk, Wheat (gluten) and/or Peanuts

The products listed above contain milk (all products) and peanuts and wheat (gluten) (Peanut Butter & Cacao Flapjack & Peanut Butter & Honey Flapjack) making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents or wheat (gluten), or an allergy to peanuts.

Details from the notice

Spartan Protein are recalling four products, Peanut Butter & Cacao Flapjack, Peanut Butter & Honey Flapjack, Total Recovery and Pure Whey protein because they contain milk, peanuts and wheat (gluten) which are not emphasised correctly on the label. This means these products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents or wheat (gluten), or an allergy to peanuts.

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

What the business is doing

Spartan Protein is recalling the above products from customers and has 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 products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notices.

How this recall compares

  • This is the 1st recall or allergy alert naming Spartan Protein since 2018 (2 in total).
  • 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.