A SUPERMARKET chain has withdrawn bags of nuts from sale because they contain nuts.

Booths decided to pull its Whole Hearted Roasted Monkey Nuts from the aisles because its label does not say it contains peanuts.

The firm has stores in Lancashire, Cumbria, Yorkshire, Cheshire, and recently opened at MediaCityUK in Salford.

A spokesman for the company said: "Booths is withdrawing batches of its Whole Hearted Roasted Monkey Nuts, because the presence of peanuts is not declared on the label."

A Food Standards Agency spokeswoman said: "Without the correct information, people with an allergy to peanuts who might not know or make the connection between peanuts and monkey nuts might eat the product and experience an adverse reaction."