Waitrose & Partners recalls Chicken Satay with Sweet Chilli Sauce because of undeclared allergens
Act if you are allergic to peanuts and fish
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to peanuts and fish. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
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Waitrose & Partners Chicken Satay with Sweet Chilli Sauce
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- Use by
- 17 August 2020
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What to do
Advice from the FSA notice:
- If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to fish and/or peanuts, do not eat it. Instead return it to a local Waitrose store for a full refund. Alternatively contact Waitrose Customer Care on 0800 188 881 Option 4.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Fish and peanuts
This product contains fish and peanuts making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to fish and/or peanuts.
Details from the notice
Waitrose & Partners are recalling Waitrose & Partners Chicken Satay with Sweet Chilli Sauce. This is because an incorrect dip has been packed in the product resulting in fish and peanuts not being mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to fish and/or peanuts.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Waitrose & Partners 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
How this recall compares
- This was the 11th recall involving Waitrose in the 12 months to 10 August 2020. All Waitrose recalls
- Undeclared peanuts is behind 94 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 5th most common allergen. All peanuts allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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