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Food Alerts are the FSA's way of letting local authorities and consumers know about problems associated with food and, in some cases, provide details of specific action to be taken.

They are issued under two categories:

Food Alerts are are also copied to Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, Trading Standards Officers and food trade organisations, to alert them to current food issues.

They are often issued in conjunction with a product withdrawal or recall by a manufacturer, retailer or distributor.

You can find our most recent Food Alerts listed below.

Because of the Agency's openness remit, we also archive ones that we've issued in the past. You can find them via the search box at the bottom of this page. In many cases the food issues they refer to will have been resolved.

Email updates

You can register to receive automatic notification of new food alerts published on this page .

You can also get food alert details sent direct to your mobile phone. To sign up to this free service, simply send the text message 'START FOOD' to the number 62372. To unsubscribe, just text 'STOP FOOD' to the same number.

A (External) list of weekly updates of rapid alerts issued by the European Commission is available here .

Most recent food alerts

Sop International Ltd recalls one batch of Kong Moon Rice Stick 454g due to the presence of unauthorised 'Bt63' genetically modified rice Wednesday 9 July 2008 Food Alert: for Information Day In Import & Export Co Ltd recalls one batch of Guilin Rice Flour Noodles due to the presence of unauthorised 'BT63' genetically modified rice Tuesday 8 July 2008 Food Alert: for Information Co-operative Group recalls one date code of Sliced Cooked Turkey Breast due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes Thursday 3 July 2008 Food Alert: for Information Tesco Stores Ltd recalls its own brand of Beans & Sausage due to plastic contamination Wednesday 25 June 2008 Food Alert: for Information SMA Nutrition recalls two batches of SMA Progress Follow-on Milk Powder 900g cans due to some of the product forming compacted lumps Thursday 19 June 2008 Food Alert: for Information Golden Saffron Ltd recalls a batch of Khakshir seeds due to salmonella contamination Thursday 12 June 2008 Food Alert: for Information SMA Nutrition recalls one batch of SMA Gold ready to use liquid infant milk 1 litre cartons due to curdling of the product Thursday 12 June 2008 Food Alert: for Information Creative Ingredients Ltd recalls two batch codes of two D'elitte branded Chorizo products due to the presence of salmonella Thursday 5 June 2008 Food Alert: for Information Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc recalls its own brand Cooked Chicken Thins due to incorrect use by date printed on packaging Friday 23 May 2008 Food Alert: for Information Aldreds the Bakers recalls Luxury Muffins due to the presence of mould Monday 19 May 2008 Food Alert: for Information Nestlé UK Ltd recalls one batch of its own-brand nutrition 'Build-up original' due to plastic contamination Monday 12 May 2008 Food Alert: for Information Waitrose Ltd recalls organic eggs from one farm due to lead contamination Friday 9 May 2008 Food Alert: for Information

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See also

Food Alerts: Scotland Food incidents guidance published Meat Hygiene Service (External) Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Read about the notification system Regulation and legislation

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