Food businesses must declare the presence of food allergens used as ingredients in their foods.
There are 14 allergens that must be declared by law:
Cereals
Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat (such as spelt and Khorasan wheat), rye, barley, oats or their hybridised strains, and products thereof, except:
a) wheat-based glucose syrups including dextrose,
b) wheat-based maltodextrins,
c) glucose syrups based on barley,
d) cereals used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.
Allergen information regarding “Cereals containing gluten” must specify the type of cereal, e.g., wheat.
Crustaceans
Eggs
Eggs and egg products thereof.
Fish
Fish and products thereof, except:
a) fish gelatine used as a carrier for vitamin or carotenoid preparations,
b) fish gelatine or isinglass used as fining agent in beer and wine.
Peanuts
Peanuts and products thereof.
Soybeans
Soybeans and products thereof, except:
a) fully refined soybean oil and fat,
b) natural mixed tocopherols (E306), natural D-alpha tocopherol, natural D-alpha tocopherol acetate, natural D-alpha tocopherol succinate from soybean sources,
c) vegetable oils derived phytosterols and phytosterol esters from soybean sources,
d) plant stanol ester produced from vegetable oil sterols from soybean sources.
Milk
Milk and products thereof (including lactose), except:
a) whey used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin
b) lactitol
Nuts
Nuts, (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, Brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia/Queensland nuts) and products thereof, except for nuts used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.
“Nuts” must specify the type of nut, e.g., cashew.
Celery
Celery and products thereof.
Mustard
Mustard and products thereof.
Sesame Seeds
Sesame seeds and products thereof.
Sulphur dioxide and sulphites
Sulphur dioxide and sulphites at concentrations of more than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/litre, expressed as SO2, e.g., found in burgers, sausages, and wine.
Lupin
Lupin and products thereof.
Molluscs
Molluscs and products thereof.
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