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Doves Farm Foods has withdrawn some of its Organic Plain Chocolate Drops, because the product contains milk, which is not an intended ingredient. This makes the product a possible health risk for anyone who is allergic to or intolerant of milk.

The Agency has issued an Allergy Alert advising anyone with an allergy to or intolerance of milk not to eat the product.

Product details

The product being withdrawn is:

A second batch has also been withdrawn on a precautionary basis:

• Doves Farm Organic Plain Chocolate Drops, 130g tube
• Batch number: 0223
• Best before: 11 August 2011

The company has removed the two batches of the product from sale. Future batches of this product will be labelled with appropriate allergen advice information, to make clear the product contains milk. In addition, the company will be contacting the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members about the withdrawal. The company will also be telling customers via the Doves Farm website, which can be found via the link towards the end of this page.

No other Doves Farm Foods products are known to be affected.

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