Waitrose & Partners recalls Waitrose & Partners 4 Richly Fruited Hot Cross Buns because of undeclared barley

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to barley do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. No receipt required. For more information, please contact: Waitrose Customer Care 0800 188 884, option 4.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Barley

This product contains barley making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to barley.

Details from the notice

Waitrose & Partners are recalling Waitrose & Partners 4 Richly Fruited Hot Cross Buns because the product contains barley which is not declared on the label.

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

What the business is doing

Waitrose & Partners are recalling the above product from customers and has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. 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 5th recall involving Waitrose in the 12 months to 4 June 2026. All Waitrose recalls
• Undeclared gluten is behind 171 UK allergy alerts since 2018, the 2nd most common allergen. All gluten allergy alerts

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.

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