The Meals Requirements Company (FSA) is advising individuals with a peanut allergy to keep away from consuming meals which will comprise mustard, as a result of they could possibly be contaminated with peanuts.
Mustard elements – together with mustard powder or flour – may be present in dips, sauces, salads and pre-packed sandwiches, the FSA stated.
It’s attempting to establish what number of merchandise could also be affected – round 50 have already been recalled.
Mother and father of youngsters with a peanut allergy ought to verify the labels of meals they’re shopping for and ask eating places and take-away shops about meals which may comprise mustard, the company says.
Some of the products being recalled, or faraway from sale, as a result of they might comprise peanuts embrace Dominos dips, SPAR sandwich fillers and salads, and Harvester BBQ sauce.
The Meals Requirements Company has traced the contaminated mustard elements to a producer in India known as GT Agro Industries. One firm, known as FGS Components, has been recognized as supplying their mustard elements to be used in UK meals.
Due to how severe allergic reactions to peanuts may be, the FSA says it’s taking a precautionary method, so that folks with allergy symptoms can maintain themselves protected.
Rebecca Sudworth, director of meals coverage on the FSA, stated: “These with a peanut allergy ought to keep away from consuming merchandise containing mustard as an ingredient till we establish the person merchandise affected.
“As quickly as we’ve extra info, we’ll replace shoppers,” she added.
In response to the company, if mustard is current in a meals, it needs to be labelled in daring on the packet as a result of it’s an allergen itself.
If there’s a threat that mustard could possibly be unintentionally current in meals, there will probably be a “might comprise” label for mustard.
Peanuts are a standard reason behind meals allergy. A peanut allergy is assumed to have an effect on one in 50 kids, and the ingredient is now banned from many faculties.
An allergic response happens when the physique reacts to the protein present in peanuts.
Signs can vary from the delicate to the very severe, for some.
Widespread signs of a meals allergy embrace:
- feeling dizzy
- itchy pores and skin or raised rash
- swelling of the lips, face and eyes
- coughing, breathlessness or noisy respiratory
- feeling sick or being sick
- tummy ache
- diarrhoea
