CHRISTMAS FOOD is urgently being recalled after allergens were left off the ingredients list. 

Trading Standards have issued warnings about the below products which can be returned to stores for a full refund:

  • Tesco - Finest Festive Fruit and Nut Selection

Oxford Mail:

The supermarket giant is recalling this 225g packet of the Tesco Finest Festive Dark Chocolate Brazil Nuts after sulphur dioxide was left off the menu.

It means that the product is a possible health risk to anyone with a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide or sulphites. 

The best before end date is labeled as May 2021.

If you have a sensitivity do not eat it and take it back to a Tesco store for a full refund. 

  • Picard food sold by Ocado and Marks and Spencer.

The frozen food is being urgently recalled after various allergens were not listed on the English menu.

The Foods Standards Agency warned they could be a risk to anybody allergic to almonds, celery, fish, mustard, pistachios and soya, or anybody with an intolerance to cereals containing gluten, egg, milk and milk constituents or sensitivity to sulphur dioxide.

Here are the product details: 

Two Ham and Cheese Galettes
Pack size: 250 g
Batch code: C10282
Best-before date: 31 October 2021
Allergens: egg

Mini Vanilla Ice Cream Cones
Pack size: 175 g
Batch codes: 233, 309
Best-before dates: 31 August 2021, 4 November 2021
Allergens: egg

Four Potato Gratins
Pack size: 480 g
Batch codes: 17120F, 23920
Best-before dates: 19 June 2022, 26 August 2022
Allergens: egg

Roast Vegetable Lasagne
Pack size: 900 g
Batch codes: 20210, 20290, 20314
Best-before dates: 31 January 2022, 30 April 2022, 31 May 2022
Allergens: egg

Mini Chocolate Ice Cream Cones
Pack size: 175 g
Batch codes: 235, 234
Best-before dates: 21 August 2021, 31 August 2021
Allergens: egg

Christmas Brioche
Pack size: 380 g
Batch codes: 1/240/20, 1/241/20, 1/247/20
Best-before dates: 27 February 2022, 28 February 2022, 3 March 2022
Allergens: egg

15 Mini Quiches
Pack size: 270 g
Batch codes: A3179, A3236
Best-before dates: 10 March 2022, 18 March 2022
Allergens: celery, fish, mustard, sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites

Filled Pastry Crowns
Pack size: 150 g
Batch code: 20237
Best-before date: 28 February 2022
Allergens: egg, nuts (almond, pistachio nut)

16 Macarons Frozen
Pack size: 250 g
Batch codes: 203430617, 203750617
Best-before dates: 10 February 2022, 5 March 2022
Allergens: milk, nuts (almond, pistachio nut), soya

Two Scallops with Sauterne Sauce
Pack size: 260 g
Batch code: M10251
Best-before date: 31 March 2022
Allergens: fish, gluten

Two Prawns Crips
Pack size: 230 g
Batch code: 254
Best-before date: 10 March 2022
Allergens: celery, fish, milk, soya

Four Vegetable Gratins
Pack size: 480 g
Batch codes: 203312, 241313
Best-before dates: 30 June 2022, 31 July 2022
Allergens: egg

If you have any sensitivities listed do not eat it, instead take it back to store for a full refund. 

  • Lidl - Red Hen chicken

Lidl is recalling the Breaded Chicken Nuggets and Southern Fired Chicken Pops because salmonella contamination has been found in some of the products in the batch. 

Salmonella symptoms usually include fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.

If you have either of these packets, do not eat them: 

Oxford Mail:
Red Hen Breaded Chicken Nuggets
Pack size: 450 g
Best-before-end date: February 2022

Oxford Mail:

Red Hen Southern Fried Chicken Pops
Pack size: 210 g
Best-before date: 5 February 2022

They can be returned in-store without a receipt.

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