Which categories of food require specified allergens to be identified in the labelling?
The rules apply to prepacked food and drink in general, including alcoholic beverages, but they do not apply to certain fancy confectionery, food sold loose, food prepacked for direct sale, and non-prepacked food sold at catering establishments. What categories of ingredients are covered by these requirements? All added ingredients and their components, if they are present in the finished product, even in an altered form, including the following: Carry over additives Processing aids Solvents and media for additives or flavourings Any other substances used as processing aids. How should the allergenic ingredient be indicated on the label? Where the allergenic ingredient is clearly identified in the name of the food, e.g. ‘Prawn Cocktail’, or it is similarly identified in the ‘ingredients’ list by the use of its name, no further information is required. Best practice advice is for simple language to be used in the listing of ingredients, e.g. ‘milk protein’ instead of ‘casein’. Dependant
