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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-85-2019

Tesco recalls Takeaway Hot Indian Meal For 2 because of undeclared cashew nuts

Act if you are allergic to cashew and nuts

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

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Tesco Takeaway Hot Indian Meal for 2

Pack size: 1.67kg
Use by
19 October 2019

The latest affected use-by date was 19 October 2019, 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 (cashew nuts)

This product contains cashew nuts which are not declared on the outer packaging making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.

Details from the notice

Tesco is recalling Tesco Takeaway Hot Indian Meal for 2 because it contains cashew nuts which are not mentioned on the outer packaging. Some packs of the product may have been incorrectly packed with Chicken Korma which contains cashew nuts. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.

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. 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 was the 11th recall involving Tesco in the 12 months to 18 October 2019. 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.