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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-101-2019

TJ Morris recalls Oxfordshire Tea Co. Butter Shortbread due to inaccurate allergen labelling

Act if you are allergic to gluten and wheat

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

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Oxfordshire Tea Co. Butter Shortbread

Pack size: 119g
Best before
end date: All date codes

For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to wheat 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

The FSA's risk statement:

Wheat (gluten)

This product contains wheat (gluten) making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.

Details from the notice

TJ Morris is recalling Oxfordshire Tea Co. Butter Shortbread because the allergy labelling is inaccurate. It contains wheat (gluten) and it has been incorrectly labelled as ‘Gluten Free’. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten. This product is only sold at Home Bargains stores.

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

What the business is doing

TJ Morris 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.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Northern Ireland, Wales.

How this recall compares

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.