Just Eat has "strongly encouraged" customers with a peanut allergy to contact the restaurant , café or takeaway they are ordering from if they have ordered products containing mustard. The warning, which was emailed to customers last night (September 21) comes as the Food Standards Authority (FSA) has issued urgent allergy advice to people who have a peanut allergy. People have been told to avoid consuming foods that contain or may contain mustard, mustard powder or mustard flour because they may have been contaminated with peanuts.
These ingredients can be found in food such as dips, sauces, salads and pre-packed sandwiches, the FSA said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Just Eat (@justeatuk) The department responsible for food safety and hygiene is urgently working with the relevant local authorities, individual businesses and industry to identify which products may be affected and have traced the contaminated mustard ingredients to a producer in India called GT Agro Industries. As of September 20, the FSA identified one company (FGS Ingredients) that supplied these ingredients for use in UK food.
So far, more than 50 ingredients have been recalled including Domino's dips, SPAR sandwich fillers and salads, and Harvester BBQ sauce. Just East update as mustard ingredients in UK contaminated with peanuts In the email sent to Just Eat customers, it said: “The Food Standards Agency has made us aware they're warning people with a peanut allergy to avoid consuming .