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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-55-2020

Waitrose & Partners recalls Chocolate Mini Cupcakes 9s because of undeclared walnuts

Act if you are allergic to nuts and walnut

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

Check your pack

Waitrose Chocolate Mini Cupcakes 9s (pack of 9)

Best before
06 October 2020

The latest affected best-before date was 6 October 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 walnuts (nuts), 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:

Walnuts (nuts)

This product contains walnuts (nuts) making it a possible health risk for anyone with allergy to nuts.

Details from the notice

Waitrose & Partners is recalling Chocolate Mini Cupcakes 9s because of undeclared walnuts (nuts). The product was mis-packed and contains Coffee and Walnut Mini Cupcakes instead. Therefore, the product contains walnuts (nuts) which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to walnuts (nuts).

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. This notice explains to customers why the product is being recalled and tells 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, Scotland, Wales.

How this recall compares

  • This was the 10th recall involving Waitrose in the 12 months to 17 September 2020. All Waitrose 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.