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20th September 2024
03:45pm BST
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued an urgent alert advising people with a peanut allergy not to eat any products containing mustard as an ingredient.
This comes following the FSAI being notified by the Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom that batches of mustard powder and mustard flour imported to the UK from India have been found to contain undeclared peanut protein.
"In the interest of protecting consumers in Ireland, the FSAI, as a precautionary measure, is advising anyone with a peanut allergy or suspected peanut allergy not to eat any products containing mustard as an ingredient," the new alert reads.
The FSAI is also urging affected consumers to check labelling on products prior to consumption.
As mustard is also a priority food allergen in the EU, it must be declared for pre-packed food and for non-pre-packed food when used as an ingredient.
#AllergenAlert Precautionary notification to consumers with a peanut allergy.
— FoodSafetyAuthority (@FSAIinfo) September 20, 2024
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"The Food Standards Agency, UK is working urgently to ascertain the source and distribution chains for these batches," the FSAI added.
"The investigation is ongoing and the FSAI is liaising closely with the UK agency.
"The FSAI has issued two food allergen alerts earlier this week linked to this contamination and it will issue additional food allergen alerts if any additional implicated products are found to be on sale in Ireland."
These earlier food allergen alerts were in regard to the "possible presence of peanut" in a number of dips, including Domino's Garlic and Herb dip.
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