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Product recall Published Updated once · 20 June 2022 FSA-PRIN-41-2022

Update: Waitrose recalls Waitrose Frozen Cooked & Peeled Jumbo King Prawns and Essential Frozen Cooked King Prawns because of possible presence of uncooked prawns

This recall applies to everyone who bought the product

The FSA has said the product may be unsafe to eat. Check the details below against your pack.

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Waitrose Frozen Cooked & Peeled Jumbo King Prawns

Pack size: 200g
Batch code
VN394
Best before
end: All date codes up to and including June 2023

Essential Frozen Cooked King Prawns

Pack size: 250g
Batch code
VN394
Best before
end: All date codes up to and including February 2024

The latest affected best-before date was February 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 any of the above products do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

The possible presence of raw, uncooked prawns in the products listed above.

Details from the notice

Waitrose is recalling Waitrose Frozen Cooked & Peeled Jumbo King Prawns and Essential Frozen Cooked King Prawns because they may contain raw, uncooked prawns. The possible presence of raw, uncooked prawns makes this product 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 is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

Updates to this recall

  1. · FSA-PRIN-41-2022
    Original alert: Waitrose recalls Waitrose Frozen Cooked & Peeled Jumbo King Prawns and Essential Frozen Cooked King Prawns because of the possible presence of uncooked prawns
  2. · FSA-PRIN-41-2022-update-1
    Update 1: Update: Waitrose recalls Waitrose Frozen Cooked & Peeled Jumbo King Prawns and Essential Frozen Cooked King Prawns because of possible presence of uncooked prawns
    • Details of the alert were updated

How this recall compares

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.