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ASK Italian recalls Christmas Crackers because of undeclared allergens

Why it was recalled

ASK Italian is recalling Ask Italian Christmas Crackers because the chocolates in the cracker contains peanuts, soya, barley (gluten), eggs, wheat (gluten) and may contain almonds (nuts) and oats (gluten) not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to almonds (nuts), peanuts and/or soya, and/or an allergy or intolerance to barley (gluten), eggs, oats (gluten) and wheat (gluten).

The product was mis-packed with the incorrect chocolates.

Allergens involved: Almond, Barley, Egg, Gluten, Nuts, Oats, Peanuts, Soya, Wheat

Affected products

ProductPack sizeBatch codesUse by
ASK Italian Christmas CrackersAll

What you should do

If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to any of the allergens listed above, do not eat the chocolate inside the cracker. Instead return it to the restaurant from where it was bought for a full refund.

Action taken by the business

ASK Italian is recalling this product from customers and has been advised to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the recall. 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 tell them what to do if they have bought the products.

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Official sources

Read the full notice on the Food Standards Agency

FSA reference: FSA-AA-78-2020 · Last updated 31 December 2020

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Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Yum Britannia is an independent service and is not affiliated with the FSA.