Customers have been urged to check if they have affected items as a number of food and product recalls were issued this week. Popular snacks and desserts have been recalled by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
They pose a risk to people with allergies because certain ingredients are not listed on the product labels. Anyone with an allergy to the ingredients has been warned not to eat the products.
Meanwhile, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has shared recall notices for children’s trousers and a travel cot. They pose serious risks, with customers urged not to use the items.
View 5 ImagesWaitrose has recalled hot cross buns(Image: FSA)
Waitrose & Partners is recalling packs of 4 Richly Fruited Hot Cross Buns because the product contains barley, which is not declared on the label.
The recall covers any pack with a best-before date of June 6. The FSA said: “If you have bought the product and have an allergy to barley do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
“No receipt required. For more information, please contact: Waitrose Customer Care 0800 188 884, option 4.”
View 5 ImagesThe Gü Double Sea Salted Caramel Frozen Dessert has been recalled.(Image: FSA)
Gü Double Sea Salted Caramel Frozen Dessert has been recalled after it emerged the product may contain hazelnuts (nuts) and soya lecithin (soya) that are not declared on the label.
The affected items are a pack of two 85g pots, with a lot number of 126135 and a best-before date of June 30, 2027. The FSA said: “This product may contain hazelnuts (nuts) and soya lecithin (soya), making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to hazelnuts (nuts) and/or with an allergy to soya.
“If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to hazelnuts (nuts) and/or soya do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. No receipt required. For more information, please contact recall@gupuds.com.”
View 5 ImagesA range of Boden Girls Wide Leg Trousers has been recalled.(Image: Boden)
Boden Girls Wide Leg Trousers pose a risk of cuts and have been recalled from customers. The OPSS said: “The products present a risk of cuts because there may be cracked poppers at the waist.
“These cracked poppers may develop sharp edges, causing cuts to fingers or legs during use. The products do not meet the requirements of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.”
They have been described as wide-leg trousers in various prints, which were sold from July 1 to October 31 last year. The affected items have the code G5531 and G4865 and were sold in sizes 2-3 years, 3-4 years, 4-5 years, 5-6 years and 7-8 years.
The OPSS added: “We recommend that consumers stop using these products immediately and return them to Boden for a full refund.”
Affected Boden trousers with PO numbers
- G5531 MDN – 660046, 660050, 660604
- G5531 DDN – 662354, 662355
- G5531 PNK – 663497
- G4865 MDN – 661419, 662938
- G4865 DEN – 663091
View 5 ImagesThe backpack-to-crib product has been withdrawn from stores(Image: Mummy Crib Backpack)
A safety report for the New Mummy Crib Backpack sold via Amazon, eBay, Fruugo, Joom and DH Gate led to the item being withdrawn from sale. It is a backpack that folds out into a baby travel cot with “multiple compartments”.
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The OPSS describe the product as “not structurally stable” with “no warnings to indicate that it cannot be used overnight”. Despite the item being made for a baby to sleep on the go, there is no indication that it is not suitable for overnight sleeping and presents a suffocation risk.
“The crib is also supplied with a cover which would fully enclose and cover the baby, potentially leading to suffocation,” the report added.