Be Food Allergen Aware

Five steps to help you comply with the law on declaring the
use of food allergens in non-prepacked food for your customers:

1. Declare the use of the 14 food allergens in writing
2. Ensure the allergen information is legible and clear
3. Ensure the allergen information is easily accessible to your customers
4. Ensure the allergen information is up-to-date
5. Monitor your suppliers’ allergen information

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 

Crustaceans and products thereof.

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 10mg/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.

Last reviewed: 19/9/2017