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New Food Laws to reduce allergic reactions.

Staff in Restaurants and Takeaways are now required to give information on the most common allergens, which include nuts, wheat, and milk.

The new measures have come into force across Europe, in addition to restaurants and takeaways, the new measures cover meals served in cafes, care homes and any packaged product sold by supermarkets.

Approximately 5000 people each year need hospital treatment following an allergic reaction to food and in some cases the reaction can be fatal. Many of these instances could be avoided with the consumer being given the correct information.

The new EU regulations stipulate that consumers must be advised if their food contains -


  • Crustaceans

  • Lupine

  • Milk

  • Molluscs

  • Fish

  • Cereal

  • Mustard

  • Peanuts

  • Nuts

  • Sesame seeds

  • Celery

  • Sulphur dioxide

  • Soya

  • Eggs




The food provider can choose how they provide the information to customers, for example through leaflets or highlighted menus, but it is there responsibility to ensure that it is clear where the advice can be obtained.

Comment.

Allergies are a very serious problem, and the new laws are a great step, to raise awareness to what is in our food, it should not be a problem for a restaurant to provide this information, if they don't know what is in the food they are producing, then I would recommend you try another restaurant, I am sure those with allergies understand the importance of knowing what is in their food already but it is important that those in the food industry are made aware that Laws are now in place to ensure this information must be provided.

Regular offenders, those that do not provide the information - will be fined, but it will be interesting to see what happens if someone with an allergic reaction takes action against an establishment for failure to provide this information.

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