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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-37-2018

Tesco recalls Hearty Food Company Cottage Pie and Hearty Food Company Sausage and Mash due to undeclared milk

Act if you are allergic to milk

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

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Hearty Food Company Cottage Pie

Pack size: 400g
Use by
24 April 2018, 27 April 2018, 28 April 2018, 30 April 2018, 01 May 2018, 02 May 2018, 03 May 2018, 04 May 2018, 05 May 2018.

Hearty Food Company Sausage and Mash

Pack size: 400g
Use by
25 April 2018, 26 April 2018, 29 April 2018, 01 May 2018, 02 May 2018,

The latest affected use-by date was 5 May 2018, 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 products and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Milk

These products contain milk making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

Details from the notice

Tesco is recalling Hearty Food Company Cottage Pie and Hearty Food Company Sausage and Mash because it contains milk which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.

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

What the business is doing

Tesco 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 will also display a point-of-sale notice in their stores. This notice explains 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

  • This was the 3rd recall involving Tesco in the 12 months to 26 April 2018. All Tesco 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.