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Allergy alert Published Updated once · 14 March 2021 FSA-AA-09-2021

Update: Yekta Foods recalls various products because of undeclared allergens

Act if you are allergic to gluten, wheat, almond, cashew, nuts, pistachio, mustard, sesame and celery

This alert is for people with an allergy or intolerance to gluten, wheat, almond, cashew, nuts, pistachio, mustard, sesame and celery, or coeliac disease. The allergen is not declared correctly on the label.

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Yekta Foods Mixed Seven Spices

Pack size: 100g
Best before
All dates

Yekta Foods Achachi Chickpeas Candy

Pack size: 475g
Best before
All dates

Yekta Foods Homemade Sweets (402)

Pack size: 500g
Best before
All dates

Yekta Foods Homemade Sweets (282)

Pack size: 850g
Best before
All dates

Yekta Foods Homemade Sweets (205)

Pack size: 1050g
Best before
All dates

Yekta Foods Achachi Sohan Asali

Pack size: 270g
Best before
All dates

For at least one product, all date codes are affected. Check every pack you have.

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought the above products and have an allergy to celery, mustard, pistachio (nuts), almonds (nuts), cashew nuts (nuts) sesame and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, 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:

These products contain celery, mustard, pistachio (nuts), almonds (nuts), sesame and wheat (gluten). This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to celery, mustard, pistachio (nuts), almonds (nuts), sesame and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.

These products contain celery, mustard, pistachio (nuts), almonds (nuts), cashew nuts (nuts), sesame and wheat (gluten). This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to celery, mustard, pistachio (nuts), almonds (nuts), cashew nuts (nuts), sesame and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.

Details from the notice

Yekta Foods is recalling various products because they contain celery, mustard, pistachio (nuts), almonds (nuts), cashew (nuts), sesame and wheat (gluten), which are not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to celery, mustard, pistachio (nuts), almonds (nuts), cashew (nuts) sesame and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten. This Allergy Alert has been amended to include an additional product.

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

What the business is doing

Yekta Foods is recalling the above products from customers. The company has also issued a point-of-sale notice to its customers. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tells them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England.

Updates to this recall

  1. · FSA-AA-09-2021
    Original alert: Yekta Foods recalls various products because of undeclared allergens
  2. · FSA-AA-09-2021-update-1
    Update 1: Update: Yekta Foods recalls various products because of undeclared allergens
    • Added 2 products: Yekta Foods Achachi Chickpeas Candy; Yekta Foods Achachi Sohan Asali
    • Removed product: Yekta Achachi Chickpeas Candy
    • Advice to consumers was updated

How this recall compares

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.