Food: Allergies

(asked on 24th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of allergen labelling on pre-packaged food.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 4th September 2019

The European Union Food Information for Consumers Regulation 2011 introduced strengthened controls for food allergen labelling which are enforced in the UK by the Food Information Regulations 2014.

Following EU Exit, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will be carrying out a review of food labelling, to ensure there is a comprehensive domestic framework that meets the needs of UK consumers and producers. The Food Standards Agency will be collaborating closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to successfully deliver this review and is currently working with industry, enforcement agencies and other relevant interest groups to improve the measures in place to protect food allergic and intolerant consumers.

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