Update 1: Wanis recalls Tropical Sun Semolina Fine and Coarse because of undeclared wheat (gluten)

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have bought these products and have coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, do not eat them. Instead, return the products to the store from where they were purchased for a full refund. For more information contact Tropicalsunfoods.com.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Wheat (gluten)

This product contains wheat (gluten) making it a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.

These products contain wheat (gluten) making them a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.

Details from the notice

Wanis is recalling Tropical Sun Semolina Fine and Coarse products because they contain wheat (gluten) which is 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 wheat or gluten. This recall has been extended to include the Semolina Coarse product.

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

What the business is doing

Wanis 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 products. Please see the attached notice.

Updates to this recall

1. 9 May 2024 · FSA-AA-19-2024
   Original alert: Wanis recalls Tropical Sun Semolina Fine because of undeclared wheat (gluten)
2. 16 May 2024 · FSA-AA-19-2024-update-1
   Update 1: Update 1: Wanis recalls Tropical Sun Semolina Fine and Coarse because of undeclared wheat (gluten)
   • Added 3 products: Tropical Sun Semolina Coarse; Tropical Sun Semolina Coarse; Tropical Sun Semolina Coarse
   • New batch or date details: batch WAN0666 WAN0782 WAN0741 WAN0798 WAN0955 WAN1016 WAN1121 WAN1184 WAN1237 WAN1316 WAN1598; best before June 2025 July 2025 July 2025 August 2025 September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 December 2025 January 2026 February 2026 April 2026; batch WAN0664 WAN0661 WAN0740 WAN0710 WAN0781 WAN0796 WAN0799 WAN0784 WAN0745 WAN0954 WAN1018 WAN0957 WAN1015 WAN1186 WAN1120 WAN1187 WAN1125 WAN1239 WAN1318 WAN1236 WAN1278 WAN1319 WAN1282 WAN1517 WAN1597 WAN1621; best before May 2025 May 2025 June 2025 June 2025 July 2025 July 2025 July 2025 July 2025 July 2025 September 2025 September 2025 September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 November 2025 November 2025 November 2025 December 2025 January 2026 January 2026 January 2026 January 2026 January 2026 March 2026 April 2026 April 2026; batch WAN0667 WAN0663 WAN0742 WAN0743 WAN0780 WAN0800 WAN0797 WAN0956 WAN1185 WAN1119 WAN1188 WAN1124 WAN1279 WAN1238 WAN1321 WAN1240 WAN1280 WAN1317 WAN1525 WAN1516 WAN1600 WAN1620; best before May 2025 May 2025 June 2025 June 2025 July 2025 July 2025 August 2025 September 2025 November 2025 November 2025 November 2025 November 2025 January 2026 January 2026 January 2026 January 2026 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 March 2026 April 2026 April 2026
   • Advice to consumers was updated

How this recall compares

• 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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