Steak bake. Pic: Greggs/FSA

Greggs recalls packs of steak bakes after error | UK News

Greggs is recalling packs of steak bakes after a packaging error.

The standard bakery chain has warned that some packs of steak bakes comprise sausage, bean and cheese melts, that means some sulphites are usually not declared on the label.

The UK’s Meals Requirements Company (FSA) stated the mislabelling means the product is a “potential well being danger for anybody with a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites”.

The recall solely applies to packs of two frozen steak bakes – bought solely in shops of the grocery store chain Iceland – which have a greatest earlier than date of 19 Might 2025.

No different merchandise, date codes or batches are believed to have been affected.

Prospects who’ve just lately purchased the product have been instructed to not eat it however return it to their nearest Iceland retailer, the place they will get a full refund.

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Sulphites are naturally present in some meals however are additionally used as preservatives and bleaching brokers within the manufacturing of different meals and drinks, in line with Allergy UK.

They’re added to meals and drinks to decelerate how briskly they go off and to lighten their color.

These with a sensitivity to sulphites or sulphur dioxide can expertise abdomen points or issues with their airways when sulphite-containing meals work together with acid within the abdomen.

Sulphite sensitivity is extra widespread in individuals who have bronchial asthma, and whereas reactions are normally delicate, there are a really small variety of reviews of significant allergic reactions to sulphites, together with anaphylaxis, in line with the charity.