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China Court Bakery Ltd. is recalling all of their pre-packed bakery products because they contain wheat which is not mentioned on the label

China Court Bakery Ltd. is recalling all of their pre-packed bakery products because they contain wheat which is not mentioned on the label. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.

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Allergy alert - Scotland

Mackie’s of Scotland is recalling a number of Salted Caramel Real Dairy Ice Cream Flashed ‘New Improved Recipe’ due to incorrect labelling

Mackie’s of Scotland is recalling Salted Caramel Real Dairy Ice Cream Flashed ‘New Improved Recipe’ as egg has not been correctly labelled. This product contains egg making it a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg.

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Food Standards Scotland - E. coli outbreak

As of 5 September 2016, the Incident Management Team investigating the E. coli outbreak linked to certain batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese declared the outbreak to be over and in accordance with procedure, has stood down.

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Errington Cheese instigates precautionary recall of Dunsyre Blue Cheese batch E24 as it may contain shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)

Errington Cheese has instigated a precautionary recall of Dunsyre Blue cheese from a specific batch E24 because it may contain STEC

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Errington Cheese Ltd instigates precautionary recall of Batch E24 of Dunsyre Blue Cheese

Errington Cheese Ltd has instigated a precautionary recall of batch E24 of Dunsyre Blue cheese as it may contain shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), a type of bacteria that is potentially harmful to health.

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