Food Alerts

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

They are usually issued in conjunction with a product withdrawal or recall by a manufacturer, retailer or distributor, however, it is occasionally necessary for enforcement officers to contact or visit premises to ensure that all suspect products have been removed from sale.

A Food Alert can be of 2 types:

• Food Alert for Information where the warning is for information only and it is anticipated no further action is required (e.g. when a supermarket is aware of a problem and has withdrawn the products from sale).
• Food Alert for Action where food business and local authorities must take the relevant precautions to ensure the food involved is removed from the food chain.

Up to date information on all current food alerts is published on the Food Standards Agency website.

Food Alert for Action

Occasionally foods have to be withdrawn or recalled if there is a risk to consumers because the allergy labelling is missing or incorrect, or if there is another allergy risk.

In these situations the Food Standards Agency will issue an Allergy Alert.

Up to date information on all Allergy Alerts are available on the Food Standards Agency website.

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