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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-38-2019

Unilever recalls Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Non-Dairy Ice Cream due to undeclared nuts and soya

Act if you are allergic to nuts and soya

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to nuts and soya. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Non-Dairy Ice Cream

Pack size: 100ml
Batch code
L8338
Best before
end of June 2020

The latest affected best-before date was June 2020, 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 FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to nuts and/or soya, 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:

Nuts and soya

This product contains nuts and soya making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts and/or soya.

Details from the notice

Unilever is recalling Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Non-Dairy Ice Cream because it contains almonds and walnuts (nuts) and soya which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts and/or soya.

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

What the business is doing

Unilever 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.

How this recall compares

  • This is the 1st recall or allergy alert naming Unilever since 2018 (9 in total). All Unilever recalls
  • Undeclared nuts is behind 111 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 4th most common allergen. All nuts allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.