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Allergy advice labeling for food...what is necessary?
I am in the process of starting a chocolate/muffin/other baked goods business, and will be selling items of that nature at food markets and online. I have got a food hygiene certificate from the council and permission to sell my goods at boot fairs etc, but I was just wondering if there is a law regarding allergy advice labeling. Is it necessary? I was thinking of just ordering a stamp which has the two main allergy advice notices on there 'May Contains Traces of Nuts' and 'Contains Gluten' , but is it required by law to put anything else on there? It's tricky to do an ingredient list, because each item has different ingredients, and different fruits and flavours are used in the baking process of each product.
Any advice would be appreciated :)
2 Answers
- 7 years ago
Trading standards will have guidelines on what is required to food labelling. Nuts and gluten are different in that gluten is an intolerance whereas as nuts are an allergen that can cause death in extreme cases.
There's also the Food standard agency but they only give advice. This is assuming that you're in the UK.
- TavyLv 77 years ago
No law in the UK to say everything must be labelled with all ingredients . Have you looked at Farmers markets to see what other people do?
There are guidelines, but if anyone has allergies they should ask what your goods contain.
Commonsense comes into it.
I have an allergy to onions and have had to ask Delis, restaurants etc - does this quiche- food contain onions or garlic. ?
UK
Source(s): Rtd Catering Business owner.
