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Allergen guidance for food businesses

Guidance for food businesses on providing allergen information and best practice for handling allergens.

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Documents

Allergy and intolerance sign (Colour)as PDF(Open in a new window) (90.12 KB)

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English language allergen matrixas PDF(Open in a new window) (156.47 KB)

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Welsh language allergen matrixas PDF(Open in a new window) (74.33 KB)

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Updated English-language allergy sign with a placeholder for a logo (PDF)as PDF(Open in a new window) (637.69 KB)

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Updated English-language allergy sign with no logo (PDF)as PDF(Open in a new window) (623.48 KB)

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Updated Welsh-language allergy sign with a placeholder for a logo (PDF)as PDF(Open in a new window) (16.46 KB)

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Updated Welsh-language allergy sign with no logo (PDF)as PDF(Open in a new window) (13.6 KB)

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Guidance for food businesses on providing allergen information and best practice for handling allergens.

Updates to this page

Published 2 April 2020
Last updated 17 July 2026 Show all updates
  1. Updated link to allergen and ingredients food labelling decision tool.

  2. Added translation

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