Advice for caterers on food allergens and intolerance
(for England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
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There is a list of 12 specific food allergens including eggs, fish, peanuts and milk. For a person with a food allergy, dishes containing the food they react to are ‘unsafe’. Caterers should display a notice to inform customers with food allergies that they can ask staff for advice about what dishes contain.
They should also check the ingredients list of anything they buy in, check the complete recipes of all products and always store foods separately in closed containers, especially peanuts, nuts, seeds, milk powder and flour, and train staff to check with the kitchen every time someone asks for a meal that doesn’t contain certain food.
