Tesco The Snowman cakes recalled
Monday 20 December 2004
An updated Food Alert for Information has been published by the Food Standards Agency after further problems were found with Tesco's own-brand Snowman cakes.
Food authorities were advised in Food Alert 70/2004 of a product recall of Tesco own brand Snowman Iced Jam Tarts due to plastic backing adhering to the snowman plaque and causing a potential choking hazard.
Now Tesco has extended its product recall to:
- Tesco The Snowman fairy cakes
- Tesco Snowman chocolate fairy cakes
This recall affects all date codes up to and including 'best before' 8 February 2005.
Tesco are taking this action as the snowman plaques on a small number of fairy cakes still have the plastic backing attached and this may present a choking hazard. Tesco will be putting up notices in its stores to alert customers to the recall.
Food alerts
Food alerts are the FSA's way of letting local authorities and consumers know about problems associated with food and, in some cases, providing details of specific action to be taken.
They were previously known as Food Hazard Warnings and were issued under four categories (A, B, C and D). Now they are issued under two categories:
- Food Alerts: For Action (replacing A, B and C)
- Food Alerts: For Information (replacing Category D)
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