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Guidance

Allergen guidance for food businesses

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

From:
Food Standards Agency
Published:
2 April 2020
Last updated:
17 July 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Documents

Allergen guidance for food businesses

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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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2026-07-17 08:45
Updated link to allergen and ingredients food labelling decision tool.