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Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-62-2020

Waitrose & Partners recalls No.1 Dominican Republic Milk Chocolate 49% because of undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to almond, hazelnut, nuts and soya

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

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Waitrose No.1 Dominican Republic Milk Chocolate 49%

Batch code
0259
Best before
end: November 2021

The latest affected best-before date was November 2021, 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 almonds, hazelnuts (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:

Almonds, hazelnut (nuts) and soya

This product contains almonds, hazelnuts (nuts) and soya making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to almond, hazelnuts (nuts) and/or soya.

Details from the notice

Waitrose & Partners is recalling Waitrose No.1 Dominican Republic Milk Chocolate 49% because some products contain almonds, hazelnuts (nuts) and soya which are not mentioned on the label. Due to a packaging error, some products contain Waitrose No.1 Orange & Almond Chocolate instead. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to almonds, hazelnuts (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

Waitrose & Partners is recalling the above product from customers. 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 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 12th recall involving Waitrose in the 12 months to 16 October 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.