A cult Dubai chocolate bar has been urgently recalled by UK food safety chiefs over fears it could trigger fatal allergic reactions.
The Neosis Schokolade Love of Dubai bar, a foil-wrapped sweet sold in independent shops and online, contains undeclared peanuts, according to food safety officials.
The product is part of a wave of imported Middle Eastern-style chocolates that have surged in popularity thanks to social media—but concerns are growing that many of these bars fail to meet UK food safety standards.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued a ‘do not eat’ warning and ordered an immediate recall, saying the 95g bar poses a serious risk to people with a peanut allergy.
All batch codes and best-before dates are affected.
The bar is manufactured in Turkey and distributed in Britain by Black Sea Trading Ltd—a company the FSA said has so far been uncontactable.
Officials are working with local authorities to ensure the product is removed from sale, and are advising anyone who has purchased it to dispose of it and report where it was bought.
Undeclared peanuts can cause anaphylaxis—a rapid, life-threatening allergic reaction that causes the throat to swell, often leading to unconsciousness or death within minutes. More to follow.
