Urgent ‘avoid’ alert on 66 ‘contaminated’ dips, sandwiches and wraps that could pose ‘lethal threat’

AN urgent "avoid" alert has been issued for 66 "contaminated" dips sandwiches and wraps which could airs a lethal threat.

Last month, the nutrient watchdog recalled dozens of foods and condiments they had crushed to judge mightiness beryllium with peanuts not listed connected the label.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is inactive advising radical with a peanut allergy to debar consuming foods that whitethorn incorporate mustard, due to the fact that they could beryllium contaminated with peanuts.

Mustard ingredients - including mustard pulverization oregon flour - tin beryllium recovered successful dips, sauces, salads and pre-packed sandwiches, the FSA said.

The nutrient bureau said they person recalled 66 products arsenic they proceed to investigate.

Some of the products being recalled, oregon removed from sale, due to the fact that they whitethorn incorporate peanuts see Dominos dips, SPAR sandwich fillers and salads, and Harvester BBQ sauce.

Multiple spices that incorporate mustard person besides been recalled arsenic they whitethorn person undeclared peanuts.

The FSA and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) person traced the contaminated mustard ingredients to 3 suppliers successful India.

These producers person supplied 3 spice companies successful the UK; FGS Ingredients Ltd and 2 further companies, which person subsequently distributed the ingredients to a scope of manufacturing, hospitality and retail businesses.

Food business, FGS Ingredients Limited, person undertaken a precautionary withdrawal and callback of each products containing mustard.

The institution imports mustard to manufacture spice products including curry powders, seasonings and spice blends from India.

These spices and blends are besides utilized successful products specified arsenic acceptable meals and snacks and a wide scope of recalls are expected to beryllium issued successful the coming days.

A database of FSG products affected has been released by the FSA and the nutrient regularisation institution accidental that not each mustard imports from India person been contaminated.

Parents of children with a peanut allergy should cheque the labels of nutrient they are buying and inquire restaurants and take-away outlets astir foods that mightiness incorporate mustard, the bureau says.

Because of however superior allergic reactions to peanuts tin be, the FSA says it is taking a precautionary approach, truthful that radical with allergies tin support themselves safe.

Rebecca Sudworth, manager of nutrient argumentation astatine the FSA, said: "This investigation is analyzable and the FSA and FSS are moving with applicable businesses, section authorities, and agencies to enactment each indispensable measures successful spot to support consumers.

"For now, it remains precise important that anyone with a peanut allergy avoids consuming products containing mustard arsenic an constituent until we are satisfied manufacture has identified and recalled each the circumstantial affected products.

"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.      

"While we recognize that this proposal whitethorn presently bounds galore people’s nutrient choices, our precedence indispensable beryllium to guarantee user safety. 

"If you oregon a household subordinate has had an allergic absorption that could beryllium linked to this investigation, delight study it to the nutrient concern who supplied the affected merchandise and to the section authorization wherever the merchandise was purchased.

"Guidance is disposable for however to report a nutrient problem to a section authority.  

"We volition update consumers arsenic soon arsenic much accusation becomes available.

"We powerfully promote individuals with allergies to sign up for our allergy alerts to enactment informed astir future recalls."

According to the agency, if mustard is contiguous successful a food, it should beryllium labelled successful bold connected the packet due to the fact that it is an allergen itself.

If determination is simply a hazard that mustard could beryllium unintentionally contiguous successful food, determination volition beryllium a "may contain" statement for mustard.

Peanut allergies are peculiarly common, affecting astir 1 successful 50 children successful the UK, expanding successful caller decades, according to Allergy UK.

Allergies usually develops successful aboriginal puerility but, occasionally, tin look successful aboriginal life.

Peanut allergies thin to beryllium persistent and lone astir 1 successful 5 children outgrow their allergy, usually by the property of 10.

If you deliberation you oregon your kid whitethorn beryllium allergic to peanuts, spot your GP who tin notation you to a specializer allergy clinic.

It’s important to get a referral adjacent if the symptoms were mild due to the fact that it tin beryllium hard to archer if future allergic reactions could beryllium much serious.

Dominos antecedently urged those with a peanut allergy to dispose of the dips mentioned connected the callback alert and debar consuming them.