Waitrose recalls Easy to Cook Scottish Salmon En Croute and Easy to Cook Salmon and Sweet Potato Curry because of undeclared allergens
Act if you are allergic to milk, gluten, wheat, soya and mustard
This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to milk, gluten, wheat, soya and mustard, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.
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Waitrose Easy to Cook Scottish Salmon En Croute with Cheese and Chive Sauce
Pack size: 350g- Best before
- 02 October 2024 and 03 October 2024
Waitrose Easy to Cook Salmon and Sweet Potato Curry
Pack size: 500g- Best before
- 02 October 2024 and 03 October 2024
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The latest affected best-before date was 3 October 2024, 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:
- If you have bought the above products and have coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk, mustard, soya and/or wheat (gluten), do not eat them. Instead return them to the store from where they were purchased for a full refund. For more information contact Waitrose Customer Care 0800 188 884, Option 4.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
Milk, mustard, soya and wheat (gluten)
These products contain milk, mustard, soya and wheat (gluten) making them a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk, mustard, soya, wheat or gluten
Details from the notice
undeclared allergens
Waitrose is recalling Waitrose Easy to Cook Scottish Salmon En Croute with Cheese and Chive Sauce and Waitrose Easy to Cook Salmon and Sweet Potato Curry because they contain milk, mustard, soya and wheat (gluten), which are not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk, mustard, soya and wheat or gluten.
An Allergy Alert is issued when an allergen is missing from the label or labelled wrongly.
What the business is doing
Waitrose is recalling the above products from customers and has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. The company has also issued a recall notice to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the products are 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 9th recall involving Waitrose in the 12 months to 3 October 2024. All Waitrose recalls
- Undeclared milk is behind 270 UK allergy alerts since 2018, more than any other allergen. All milk allergy alerts
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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