Product Recall

Update 1: Saffron Pastries recalls various Saffron Pastries products because of potential rodent contamination

Why it was recalled

Saffron Pastries has updated its recall of various own-brand products, correcting the best-before dates on five items. The reason for the recall is unchanged: potential rodent contamination, which makes food unsafe regardless of how it looks.

Rodent contamination is a hygiene failure at the production site rather than a fault in any single product, which is why the recall spans multiple lines instead of one batch.

Affected products

ProductPack sizeBatch codesUse by
Almond Biscuits12 PiecesAll–
Almond Madeira Slice10 PiecesAll–
Coconut Slice5 PiecesAll–
Cream Roll5 PiecesAll–
Family Almond Cake Rusk26 PiecesAll–
Family Cake Rusk (Updated)26 PiecesAll–
Fruit Madeira Slice10 PiecesAll–
Fruit Slice5 PiecesAll–
Jam Biscuits (Updated)12 PiecesAll–
Lemon Slice5 PiecesAll–
Original Cake Rusk12 PiecesAll–
Original Cake Rusk18 piecesAll–
Almond Slice5 PiecesAll–
Pistachio Biscuits12 PiecesAll–
Plain Madeira Slice10 PiecesAll–
Triple Pack Variety Madeira3 PiecesAll–
Twin Pack Madeira2 PiecesAll–
Vanilla Slice5 PiecesAll–
Angel Slice5 PiecesAll–
Cake Rusk Soonfi (Updated)12 PiecesAll–
Cake Rusk Soonfi (Updated)18 PiecesAll–
Cherry Madeira Slice10 PiecesAll–
Chocolate Slice (Updated)5 PiecesAll–
Coconut Biscuits12 PiecesAll–
Coconut Madeira Slice10 PiecesAll–

What you should do

If you have bought the above products, do not eat them. Instead, return them to where you bought them from for a full refund. For more information email [email protected] or call 01274 726101.

What this means for you

If you have Saffron Pastries products at home, re-check them against the corrected date list in this update, even if you checked the original alert, since five products' dates have changed. Affected items should not be eaten; return them to the store for a full refund, or contact the bakery by phone or email. The official FSA notice carries the authoritative corrected product list and instructions.

Action taken by the business

Saffron Pastries is recalling the above Saffron Pastries brand products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products. Please see the attached notice.

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Official sources

Read the full notice on the Food Standards Agency

FSA reference: FSA-PRIN-19-2026-update-1 · Last updated 21 April 2026

This page includes an editorial summary generated to help readers understand the recall. Always refer to the official FSA notice for authoritative information and instructions.

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.