Retail giant Tesco has issued an urgent product recall over one of its most popular Christmas snacks.
Supermarket bosses have warned shoppers that the item could pose a risk to customers after being incorrectly packaged.
The product - Tesco Finest Festive Fruit & Nut Selection (225g) - contains sulphur dioxide, a common preservative which is not mentioned on the label of some batches of the item.
Some people have suffer from sensitivity to sulphur dioxide or sulphites and a warning has been issued to customers urging them not to consume the Christmas snack.
Tesco explained that a batch of the product had been mistakingly placed in the Tesco Finest Festive Belgian Dark Chocolate Brazil Nuts packaging - meaning that the appropriate health warnings have not been made clear.
Tesco said: "This means that sulphur dioxide is not mentioned on the label, so the mispackaged product is a possible risk to customers with a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide or sulphites.
"The correctly packed product is not affected."
The following batch has been affected:
- Batch code(s): L0075004
- Best before end dates: May 2021
You should not consume the product if you have a sensitivity to sulphur dioxide or sulphites
Instead, you can return the item to a Tesco store where a full refund will be given. No receipt is required.
