Important Changes to Food Allergen Legislation UK
The Food Standards Agency have announced inportant changes from December 2014 which  potentially affect all food  businesses in the UK

(The information below is taken from the FSA website

The FSA is issuing technical guidance to help small and medium-sized (SME) businesses comply with new rules on allergen labelling and information, which take effect later this year. The guidance is being published following a public consultation.

From 13 December 2014, food businesses in the UK will have to follow new rules in labelling pre-packed foods and non-prepacked (loose) foods. This is part of the European Union Food Information for Consumers Regulation (EU FIC) coming into force.

The 14 allergens

The new rules require food businesses to provide information on the presence of 14 allergens, if added or used as ingredients in food. 

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  • cereals containing gluten
  • crustaceans
  • molluscs
  • eggs
  • fish
  • peanuts
  • nuts
  • soya
  • milk
  • celery
  • mustard
  • sesame
  • lupin
  • sulphur dioxide (at a level above 10mg/kg or 10mg/litre)












Key points

The key points of the guidance are:

  • Due to the severity associated with allergic reactions, accurate allergen information is an important public health issue and the main reason behind this change.

  • The allergen rules include labelling changes to current rules for prepacked foods. These businesses will need to emphasis the inclusion of any one of the 14 allergens in the ingredients list.

  • There is also a new requirement for businesses that provide non-prepacked foods (such as restaurants, delis, takeaway businesses, food suppliers and institutional caterers). They will need to declare the inclusion of any one of the 14 allergens to customers in a variety of possible ways, such as on menus and chalkboards, clear signposting to where the information can be obtained and through oral communication. 

  • The allergen information should be accurate, consistent and verifiable upon challenge (for example, when asked by a consumer or a local authority food safety officer).

 The original information from the FSA  can be found here http://www.food.gov.uk/business-industry/allergy-guide/

There is also a very nice online interactive training course which is free and has a downloadable certificate (3glh CPD) for everyone that completes the online tests successfully

http://allergytraining.food.gov.uk/
 

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