Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-18-2021

Tees Ltd recalls PRAN Easy Instant Noodle products because of undeclared soya

Act if you are allergic to soya

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

Check your pack

PRAN Noodles Easy Instant Noodle Cup Special Chicken (Gusto Pollo) Flavour

Pack size: 60g
Batch code
All batches
Best before
All dates

PRAN Noodles Easy Instant Noodle Cup Vegetable Flavour

Pack size: 60g
Batch code
All batches
Best before
All dates

PRAN Noodles Easy Instant Noodle Cup Beef Flavour

Pack size: 60g
Batch code
All batches
Best before
All dates

PRAN Noodles Easy Instant Noodle Cup Masala Flavour

Pack size: 60g
Batch code
All batches
Best before
All dates

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 to soya, do not eat them. Instead return them to the Poundstretcher store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Soya

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

Details from the notice

Tees Ltd is recalling PRAN Easy Instant Noodle products because they contain soya which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya. The affected product is only sold at Poundstretcher.

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

What the business is doing

Tees Ltd is recalling the above products from customers and have been advised to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. The company will also issue 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 is the 2nd recall or allergy alert naming Tees since 2018 (2 in total).
  • There was no other recall involving Poundstretcher in the 12 months before this one. All Poundstretcher recalls
  • Undeclared soya is behind 112 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 3rd most common allergen. All soya allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.