Waitrose & Partners recalls Essential Waitrose & Partners Seafood Sticks because of an incorrect best before date

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have bought the above product do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. For more information contact Waitrose customer care team on 0800 188 884, Option 4.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

The product listed above has been labelled with an incorrect best before date which makes it unsafe to eat after the correct best before date of 05 October 2024

Details from the notice

Waitrose & Partners recalls Essential Waitrose & Partners Seafood Sticks because the product shows an incorrect best before date, making it unsafe to eat.

A Product Recall Information Notice tells the public about food that is unsafe and is being removed from sale.

What the business is doing

Waitrose & Partners is recalling the above product. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling this product. 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

• Waitrose

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Scotland, Wales.

How this recall compares

• This was the 12th recall involving Waitrose in the 12 months to 18 March 2025. All Waitrose recalls
• Wrong date label has caused 34 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in meat and poultry, followed by fruit and vegetables. All wrong date label recalls

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.

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