{"id":284812,"date":"2025-07-23T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284812\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:08:13","slug":"urgent-recall-of-popular-supermarket-meal-with-do-not-eat-warning-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284812\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent recall of popular supermarket meal with \u2018do not eat\u2019 warning | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A ready meal product sold at <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Waitrose\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/waitrose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waitrose<\/a> has been <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Food recall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/food-recall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recalled<\/a> over concerns that it could trigger life-threatening <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Allergy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/allergy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allergic<\/a> reaction. Some pack of the Waitrose Indian Takeaway for 2 were mispacked with spring rolls which contain sesame and soya.<\/p>\n<p>The allergens were not mentioned on the label, meaning the product \u201cis a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to sesame and\/or soya\u201d. Sesame is the most common type of seed allergy and around one in 300 adults have soya allergies.<\/p>\n<p>A notice issued by the Food Standards Agency said: \u201cIf you have bought the above product and have an allergy to sesame and\/or soya, do not eat it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, return it to your local Waitrose and Partners branch for a full refund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recall applies to 1412g packs with a use by date of July 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of a food allergy include a tingling or itchy feeling in the mouth and swelling of the lips, face or eyes.<\/p>\n<p>A red raised rash, stomach pain and vomiting may also occur.<\/p>\n<p>Most people with a soya allergy have mild symptoms but in rare cases it can cause a more serious reaction known as anaphylaxis.<\/p>\n<p>More severe symptoms include swelling or tightening of the airways, breathing difficulty, dizziness and sudden sleepiness.<\/p>\n<p>The FSA said Waitrose and Partners was advised to contact relevant allergy organisations to alert their members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A ready meal product sold at Waitrose has been recalled over concerns that it could trigger life-threatening allergic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[849,51,840,106662,106660,106661,16,15,1798,106659],"class_list":{"0":"post-284812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-allergy","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-food-recall","11":"tag-food-standards-agency-warning","12":"tag-indian-takeaway-mispack","13":"tag-sesame-and-soya-allergy","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-waitrose","17":"tag-waitrose-recall"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}