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Allergy alert Published FSS-AA-9195-2024

The Island Smokery recalls Smoked Orkney Cheddar with Ploughman’s Pickle because of undeclared barley (gluten)

Act if you are allergic to barley and gluten

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to barley and gluten, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Smoked Orkney Cheddar with Ploughmans Pickle

Pack size: 150g
Best before
All date codes up to and including 09 April 2025

The latest affected best-before date was 9 April 2025, 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 Food Standards Scotland notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance or gluten, 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

Food Standards Scotland's risk statement:

Barley (gluten)

This product contains barley (gluten) making it a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to gluten

Details from the notice

The Island Smokery is recalling Smoked Orkney Cheddar with Ploughman’s Pickle because it contains barley (gluten) which is not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to gluten.

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

What the business is doing

The Island Smokery is recalling the above product from customers and has been advised to contact 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.

Information on Food Standards Scotlands work on food allergy and intolerance can be found at: http://www.foodstandards.gov.scot/food-safety-standards/food-allergy.

Advice on food allergy and intolerance can be found at: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/food-allergy/Pages/Intro1.aspx.

Customer notice - The Island Smokery recalls Smoked Orkney Cheddar with Ploughmans Pickle because of undeclared barley (gluten) PDF (452KB)

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: Scotland.

How this recall compares

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.