Allergen management: a practical guide for UK food businesses
How to manage the 14 declarable allergens in production, packaging and labelling under Natasha's Law and FIC.
The 14 allergens you must declare
Cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, peanuts, soybeans, milk, nuts, celery, mustard, sesame, sulphur dioxide and sulphites, lupin, and molluscs.
Segregation and changeover
Validate cleaning between allergen and non-allergen runs. 'Visually clean' is not enough — protein swabs or ATP plus product testing are typical validation tools.
Labelling under PPDS (Natasha's Law)
Pre-packed for direct sale food must show full ingredients with allergens emphasised. This applies whether you're a supermarket bakery or a sandwich shop.
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