Tesco Recalls Steak and Guinness Pies Over Undeclared Milk

Tesco is recalling two of its steak pie products because they contain milk that isn't declared on the label. The Food Standards Agency issued the allergy alert on Friday, November 13, 2026, and its warning is direct: anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents shouldn't eat them.

The recall covers the Tesco Steak and Guinness Pie, sold in a 200-gram pack, and the Tesco 6 Steak and Guinness Mini Pies, sold in a 198-gram pack. It applies to every use-by date up to and including November 23, 2026. The FSA's advice is to return the products to the store where they were bought for a full refund.

Nothing is wrong with the filling itself. The failure is on the packaging, which doesn't name milk among the ingredients. For most shoppers that's a paperwork error. For a shopper with a milk allergy, the label is the one place the risk has to be stated, and on these packs it isn't.

Milk is one of the allergens that food businesses in the U.K. are required by law to declare on packaged food, and an undeclared allergen is treated as a safety defect rather than a printing mistake. That's why the remedy isn't a corrected label on the next batch. The packs already sold come back, and the refund doesn't depend on keeping a receipt in most recall practice — the product itself is the proof of purchase shoppers are told to bring.

Tesco says no other products are affected by the recall and has apologized to customers for the inconvenience. Recall notices are being displayed in stores selling the two pies, which is the standard route for reaching shoppers who bought them before the alert went out.

Anyone who has either product in the fridge should check the use-by date before anything else. Dates through November 23 fall inside the recall window, and the window covers both the full-size pie and the mini pies, so a mixed shop doesn't clear either pack. If the date fits and milk is a problem in your household, the FSA's instruction doesn't leave room for interpretation: don't eat them, and take them back.