Peanut butter whiskey brand pulled off shelves for urgent allergen recall

A peanut butter whiskey sold at major retailers in Australia has been pulled from shelves as the manufacturers forgot to list a common allergen on the label.

The food standards board issued a recall on all batches of 750ml and 50ml Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey Flavored Liqueur this week.

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Anyone can return their bottle to the store where they purchased it for a full refund.

The offending substance left off the labels is sesame.

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Sydney-based Pernod Ricard Winemakers – a subsidiary of a French wine and spirits behemoth – is conducting the recall, Food Standards Australia and New Zealand says in the alert notice.

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The 50ml and 750ml bottles have been for sale across the country including at Dan Murphy’s, BWS, independent liquor retailers including IGA, and on-premise outlets.

The presence of sesame in the liquor is not mistakenly stated on the bottle.

Studies say about one in every 250 Australian children has a sesame allergy. However among all Australian adults with any food allergies, about eight per cent have a sesame allergy.

Owners of the peanut butter flavored whiskey in question, Skrewball Spirits, are based in New York.

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