Tesco recalls various pesto products because of undeclared peanuts

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have bought any of the above products and have an allergy to peanuts, do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Peanuts

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

Details from the notice

Tesco is recalling various pesto products listed below because they may contain peanuts, which are not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with 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

Tesco is recalling the above products from customers and has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. Tesco has issued point-of-sale notice to their customers. 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

• Tesco

How this recall compares

• This was the 12th recall involving Tesco in the 12 months to 10 January 2020. All Tesco recalls
• Undeclared peanuts is behind 94 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 5th most common allergen. All peanuts allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.

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