Food recalls are issued when a product is unsafe to eat. Usually, a brand or a retailer recalls the item, and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) also announces the news on its website.
In its notice, WH Smith said: “If you have bought Simpleas Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar Pea Snacks as detailed above, and you have coeliac disease or an allergy or intolerance to wheat, barley, oats or gluten do not eat them.
“Instead return the product(s) to the store where you bought it from for a full refund.”
Customers can return the product with or without a receipt, WH Smith added.
The company has also been advised to contact the relevant allergy support organisations, which will then tell their members about the recall.
Additionally, the FSA gave shoppers advice on what to do if they have bought the product.
It said: “If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to barley, and/or oats, and/or wheat or gluten, do not eat it.
“Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
The FSA often announces food recalls, and another was released on its page yesterday.
Welsh food manufacturer From Our Farm is recalling multiple flavours of its Biltong Beef Snack because of the possible presence of mould.
The flavours are Original, Chilli, Tomato and Basil, and Blazing.
If the products contain mould, this makes them unsafe to eat.
The FSA advised customers: “If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them.
“Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.”
