TJX Europe (TK Maxx and Homesense) are recalling LITALY Wafer Roll products because of undeclared egg
Act if you are allergic to egg
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to egg. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
LITALY Wafer Rolls (Vanilla flavour)
Pack size: 400g- Batch code
- all
- Best before
- All date codes
LITALY Wafer Rolls (Cocoa flavour)
Pack size: 400g- Batch code
- all
- Best before
- All date codes
LITALY Wafer Rolls (Hazelnut flavour)
Pack size: 400g- Batch code
- all
- Best before
- 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:
- If you have bought one of the above products and have an allergy or intolerance to egg, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Egg
These products contain egg making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg.
Details from the notice
TJX Europe (TK Maxx and Homesense) are recalling LITALY Wafer Roll products because they contain egg which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
TJX Europe (TK MAXX and Homesense) are recalling the above products 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. 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
How this recall compares
- There was no other recall involving TK Maxx and Homesense in the 12 months before this one. All TK Maxx and Homesense recalls
- Undeclared egg is behind 87 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 6th most common allergen. All egg allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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