What do you need to know?
• You must know, and be able to tell your customers what’s in their food so they can make informed choices.
This is especially important for people with food allergies.
• You must know what’s in the ingredients you use. If you are importing food, you must understand the label.
• There are 11 common food allergens you must know about. These are sulphites, cereals containing gluten (e.g. wheat), shellfish, eggs, fish, milk, peanuts,
soybeans, sesame seeds, tree nuts and lupin.
• Food allergies can result in life-threatening reactions that can occur within minutes of eating the food. Know which foods you sell that can cause allergic reactions.
• You need to know about additives and food composition rules in the Australia New Zealand Foods Standards Code.
See the 'Preparing food safely' card.
What do you need to do?
• Check the labels of your ingredients. You must be able to understand them.
• Keep details of the ingredients you use, (e.g. record and follow your recipes so you know what allergens they contain).
• Tell your staff which foods contain any of the allergens listed in the Know. They must know how important it is that they are aware of allergies and allergens.
• Either the day-to-day manager or delegated person (tick as appropriate)
Name: ___________________________
must be able to talk to customers about what's in their food.
• Check all of the ingredients in the food, as well as sauces, garnishes served with, or added to, the food.
What do you need to show?
• Show your verifier how you know what is in the ingredients you use.
• Your verifier may ask staff to tell them which foods contain allergens.
