From 13 December 2014, all food businesses will need to provide information about the
allergenic ingredients used in food sold or provided by them. Businesses which are
providing food sold prepacked and non-prepacked (loose) such as food sold in a restaurant or
takeaway must ensure they are compliant by Saturday. This nice guide describes some of the changes.
Also included is packaged food. From Saturday, businesses and manufacturers must identify the 14 allergens through the use of bold font or similar within the ingredients list. This change will help people with allergies assess the real level of risk and ideally bring down the use of lazy 'may contain phrases'.
There are 14 allergens that must be identified when present, are described in this FSA infographic.
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