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Sandwell Foods is recalling some date codes of its Halal World lamb and beef sausages and burgers. The products contain gluten, soya, sulphites, celery or mustard, which are not listed on the label. This could be a potential health risk to anyone who is allergic or intolerant to any of these ingredients. The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert.

Product details

The products being recalled, all with a ‘use by’ date of 21 October 2011, are:

The lamb and beef sausages contain gluten, soya and sulphites, which are not listed on the label. The spicy beef burgers and spicy lamb burgers have also been labelled incorrectly, and contain celery, mustard and sulphites. The products are a potential health risk to anyone who is allergic or intolerant to these ingredients.

Sandwell has withdrawn all affected stock. Customer notices have been displayed in stores, explaining the reasons for the recall.

In addition, the company has been asked to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, which will inform their members of the recall.

No other Sandwell products are known to be affected.

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Sandwell Foods recalls several ‘Halal World’ branded meat products due to the presence of undeclared ingredients Please read the Allergy Alert