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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-01-2018

Tesco recalls its Tesco’s finest chocolate cake because of undeclared nuts (walnuts)

Act if you are allergic to nuts and walnut

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

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Tesco’s finest chocolate cake

Pack size: Serves 6
Batch code
D32/18003
Best before
17 January 2018

The latest affected best-before date was 17 January 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 product and have an allergy to nuts, 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:

Nuts

This product contains nuts (walnuts) making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts (walnuts).

Details from the notice

Tesco is recalling one date code of Tesco’s finest chocolate cake because it may contain walnuts which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product poses a health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts (walnuts)

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 product 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.

Where it was sold

How this recall compares

  • There was no other recall involving Tesco in the 12 months before this one. All Tesco recalls
  • Undeclared nuts is behind 111 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 4th most common allergen. All nuts allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.