Allergens
You are required to provide information about the 14 major allergenic ingredients used in any food you see or provide.
The 14 major allergenic ingredients are:
- Cerery
- Cereals containing gluten, such as barley or oats
- Crustaceans, such as prawns, crabs and lobsters
- Eggs
- Fish
- Lupin
- Milk
- Molluscs, such as mussels and oysters
- Mustard
- Peanuts
- Sesame
- Soybeans
- Sulpher dioxide and sulphites, if the sulpher dioxide and sulphites are at a concentration of more than 10 parts per million
- Tree nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, pistachios and macadamia nuts
For allergen guidance, please visit the Food Standard Agency website
It is recommended you and your staff have food allergy training. Access free training at the Food Standard Agency website
Display a food allergy sign stating: "If you have a food allergy, intolerance, or coeliac disease, please speak to the staff about the ingredients in your food and drink before you order. Thank you."