Regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on proposals to
make allergen labelling more clear, claiming the existing rules «lack clarity».
FSANZ hopes that this proposal can help to
make allergen labelling clearer, so that food allergen - sensitive consumers have clear and sufficient information in order to make informed and safe food choices.
Not exact matches
Those products were
made with milk and the known
allergen is not declared on the
label.
The MoniQA Association is consortium partner of iFAAM and supports the international efforts to
make precautionary food
allergen labeling more transparent for consumers and to provide a sustainable online toolbox for
allergen management along the food supply chain.
Kraft has
made it easier for you to recognize potential
allergens in ingredients by adding food allergy warnings to
labels.
If you can easily exclude these
allergens if you use pasta
made from rice and / or quinoa — these pastas are usually egg free too, but check the
label just in case.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a natural baked goods manufacturer 15 days to provide information on changes
made to its
allergen labelling policy for some of its bread products or face a possible injunction.
Luckily in 2006 a food
labeling law
made it mandatory for manufacturers to clearly state on the packing if a product contains one of the eight most common
allergens.
Read the
labels on packaged snacks carefully to
make sure they don't contain nuts or other banned
allergens.
Furthermore, the FDA states, «highly refined oils and ingredients
made from highly refined oils are exempt from
allergen labeling.»
This involves
making pre-packaged foods that do not contain common
allergens and
labelling properly to alert consumers that a product contains or «may contain» an allergenic food.
As a result, we
label known
allergens and ask customers to
make sure they check the
label before consuming.
University of Manchester researchers have led a study to define
allergen levels in food which can trigger allergic reactions which will help to
make allergen warning
labels more effective.
Labeling laws require that we have a disclosure on the ingredient panel for those who are extremely sensitive to certain
allergens regardless of whether they are in the product as long as the factory where the product was
made also processes these other
allergens (such as soy, peanuts, milk, etc.).