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Food Standards Scotland’s news and food alerts, including product recalls and allergy alerts.
Food alert - UK
Lotus Bakeries UK Ltd recalls Lotus Biscoff Crunchy Biscuit Spread because the product may contain small pieces of metal
Lotus Bakeries UK Ltd is recalling various batch codes of Lotus Biscoff Crunchy Biscuit Spread because it may contain small pieces of metal. This product was sold at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado and Nisa stores. In addition, batch number 7005109 with ‘best before’ date 5 February 2018 has also been sold through East End Foods.
Allergy alert - Scotland
Uncle Roy’s recalls Natural Bitter Almond Extract because of undeclared nuts
Uncle Roy's is recalling Natural Bitter Almond Extract because it contains nuts which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to nuts.
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Food alert - UK
Pets at Home recalls four dry cat food products due to low levels of thiamine
Pets at Home is recalling four lines of its AVA dry cat food products because there are lower levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1) present than specified in the recipe. Your cat should not eat affected product batches. The FSA is issuing this product recall notice because we are responsible for animal feed regulations and enforcement of pet food labelling through local authorities in England and Wales.
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Allergy alert - UK
Heatons recalls a consignment of Toblerones because of undeclared egg (Northern Ireland only)
Heatons is recalling a consignment of Toblerones because they contain egg which is not on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg. The consignment was sold with an incorrect over-stickered ingredients list, which omitted the ingredient egg white. The implicated consignment was only sold in Northern Ireland through Heatons.
Allergy alert - UK
Poundstretcher recalls Chocolate Crème Oreos because of incorrect allergen labelling
Poundstretcher is recalling Chocolate Crème Oreos because they contain wheat (gluten) and milk which are not correctly declared on the ingredient label applied by Poundstretcher.
