Tesco and Sainsbury’s have withdrawn a range of products from their shelves this month, including cheese and frozen desserts.
Food recall alerts by the UK Food Standards Agency state that the items contain ingredients that are not listed on the packaging.
The supermarket products are now considered a “possible health risk” to consumers who are allergic to the undeclared components.
Fears of salmonella in Sainsbury’s Mexican-style cheese are joined by allergy recalls for various foods sold in Tesco.
Here’s the full list of products recalled in May 2023.
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Tesco
Tesco has recalled specific batches of Gosh! Sweet Potato Pakora and frozen itsu chocolate bao buns due to the presence of undeclared allergens.
According to the Food Standards Agency, the products “may contain gluten which is not declared on the label”. This means that the products are a possible health risk for anyone with coeliac disease, and/or an allergy or intolerance to gluten.
Gosh! Sweet Potato Pakora
- Pack size: 171g and 266g
- Date of recall: May 12, 2023
- Best before dates: All dates between and including April 27, 2023, to June 9, 2023
Tesco issued the following guidance for customers: “If you’ve bought an affected product, please don’t eat it. Instead, return it to a Tesco store where a full refund will be given. No receipt is required. Use our store locator to find your nearest Tesco store.”
itsu Chocolate Bao Buns
- Pack size: Four pack itsu Chocolate Bao Buns, 180g
- Date of recall: May 12, 2023
- Best before dates: December 14, 2023, and February 8, 2024
The supermarket issues the following statement: “We’re recalling two date codes of ITSU 4 Chocolate Bao Buns 180g. This is because it may contain milk which isn’t declared on the product’s ingredients label. This could make people with a milk allergy become unwell.”
Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s has recalled its own brand Mexican Style Chilli Cheddar because of the possible presence of Salmonella.
- Pack size 200g
- Best before June 12, June 22 and June 30, 2023
An alert by the Food Standards Agency explained that the product was recalled due to the “possible presence of salmonella”. It warned that symptoms caused by salmonella usually include fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.
Customers who have purchased the product have been warned not to eat it, and instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
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