Top in Town Foods recalls various Mayil products because of incorrect allergen labelling
Act if you are allergic to mustard, sesame, fish and crustaceans
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to mustard, sesame, fish and crustaceans. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
Check your pack
Mayil Prawn Chutney Powder
Pack size: 200gMayil Crushed Chilly Chutney with Prawn
Pack size: 200gMayil Prawn Pickle
Pack size: 400gMayil Fish Chutney
Pack size: 200gMayil Uluva Mango
Pack size: 300gMayil Vaduka Puli Pickle
Pack size: 400gMayil Cut Mango Pickle
Pack size: 1KgMayil Uluva Nellicka
Pack size: 300gMayil Hot and Sweet Lime Pickle
Pack size: 400gMayil Lemon Pickle
Pack size: 400g and 1KgMayil Tender Mango Pickle
Pack size: 400gMayil Kaduku Mango Pickle
Pack size: 400gMayil Dry Chilly Chutney
Pack size: 400gMayil Bitter Gourd Pickle
Pack size: 400gMayil Bitter Gourd Pickle (Home Made)
Pack size: 200gWhat to do
Advice from the FSA notice:
- If you have bought the above products do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store where you bought them.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Crustacean, Fish, Mustard and Sesame
The products contain crustacean, fish, mustard and sesame making them a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to crustacean, fish, mustard or sesame.
Details from the notice
Top in Town Foods is recalling various Mayil products because of incorrect allergen labelling. Ingredients lists do not correctly identify crustaceans, fish, mustard or sesame as allergens. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to crustaceans, fish, mustard or sesame.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Top in Town Foods is 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 recall 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.
Where it was sold
The FSA lists this alert for: Northern Ireland.
How this recall compares
- Undeclared mustard is behind 69 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 7th most common allergen. All mustard allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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