Spice products recalled over fears of undeclared peanut traces

More than 20 spice products person been recalled implicit fears they whitethorn incorporate peanuts not mentioned connected the label, the Food Standards Authority (FSA) has revealed.

The afloat database of foods produced by FGS Ingredients Ltd includes a scope of dips, curry powders and seasonings.

Consumers person been advised to instrumentality products successful speech for a afloat refund with the determination described arsenic “precautionary”.

“These products are sold nether respective antithetic marque names astatine respective antithetic retail stores,” the FSA announcement said.

“Point of merchantability notices volition beryllium displayed wherever the products were sold. These notices explicate to customers wherefore the products are being recalled and archer them what to bash if they person bought the products.”

Among the products listed are Domino’s BBQ Dip and a fig of seasonings and curry powders with the Favourit and Dunnes Store labels, arsenic good arsenic immoderate Westmorland Family Butchery sausages and burgers.

It comes weeks aft different callback by the aforesaid shaper astir undeclared nuts wrong its mustard products.

Last period Leicester-based FGS Ingredients said it had carried retired further investigating crossed its ingredients and had “not detected immoderate beingness of peanut contented oregon residue”, but advised customers to region products from merchantability containing the mustard ingredients.

Darren Whitby, the FSA’s caput of incidents, said past month: “Our proposal inactive applies – those with a peanut allergy should avoid consuming products containing mustard arsenic an constituent until we place the idiosyncratic products affected.

“Parents and carers of children who person a peanut allergy should instrumentality attraction to cheque the labels of nutrient they bargain and, if eating out, oregon getting a takeaway, inquire the edifice oregon cafe astir foods that mightiness incorporate mustard.

Mustard products containing traces of peanut tin beryllium recovered successful nutrient specified arsenic dips, sauces, salads and pre-packed sandwiches.

The FSA said it had issued the proposal arsenic “a precautionary attack truthful that radical with a peanut allergy person up to day accusation astir the imaginable hazard and tin instrumentality enactment to support themselves safe”.