Allergy alert Published FSA-AA-44-2024

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.

Check your pack

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

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:

  1. 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.
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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

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.