Marks & Spencer 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs: Undeclared allergen food recall
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Published 2026-07-18 - Generated from the linked structured agency record - Not medical advice - Report a correction
UK Food Standards Agency reports an open food recall involving Marks & Spencer 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs and Undeclared allergen, dated 2018-01-29. This brief separates facts in the primary notice from general food-safety context and links directly to the source.
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What was reported (summary)
UK Food Standards Agency reports an open food recall involving Marks & Spencer 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs and Undeclared allergen, dated 2018-01-29. This brief separates facts in the primary notice from general food-safety context and links directly to the source.
Where
United Kingdom - GB
Dates
Published on OutbreakThreat: 2026-07-18
Publisher event date (from linked signal): 2026-07-18
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Linked alert: Marks & Spencer 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs: Undeclared allergen food recall - primary publisher: food.gov.uk
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Open disease hub (map + signals)At a glance
- Official publisher: UK Food Standards Agency
- Publisher record date: 2018-01-29
- Event status: open
- Event type: food recall
- Product: Marks & Spencer 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs
- Hazard: Undeclared allergen
- Recall / risk class: http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/AA, http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/Alert
- Distribution scope: national
- Affected jurisdictions recorded by the feed: GB
What the official record says
The UK Food Standards Agency published alert FSA-AA-04-2018: Marks & Spencer recalls 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs because of undeclared gluten. Hazard: Undeclared allergen. Open the FSA notice for product details. Not medical advice. Marks & Spencer recalls 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs because of undeclared gluten The statements above come from the structured UK Food Standards Agency record linked on this page. OutbreakThreat has not independently tested the product, verified laboratory results, or expanded the affected geography beyond what the publisher supplied.
Product and hazard details
- Product (publisher wording): Marks & Spencer 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs
- Recall / risk class: http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/AA, http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/Alert
- Hazard type: Undeclared allergen
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Geography and distribution
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