FSA Guidance Food Standards Agency Best Practice Guidance on Managing Allergens with Particular Reference to Avoiding Cross-Contamination (2007)
{"Image DocumentName": "FSA GuidanceFood Standards Agency Best Practice Guidance on Managing Allergens with Particular Reference to Avoiding Cross-Contamination (2007)", "Image ImageDescription": "Section Allergen-free foods. A growing number of food manufacturers and retailers are providing ranges of substitute foods made without certain common allergenic foods, such as milk, egg or cereals containing gluten. In addition, some manufacturers choose to exclude certain allergens from a site. It should not be assumed that the lack of a need to use advisory allergen warnings entitles a product to make a \u2018Free From\u2019 or \u2018made in allergen X free factory\u2019 claim. Consumers are likely to actively seek such products if they need to avoid particular ingredients and it is essential that any such claims are based on specific, rigorous controls to ensure their validity. \u2026\u2026.An \u2018allergen-free\u2019 claim is an absolute claim, which may be interpreted by consumers to mean a complete absence, whereas the best that can be scientifically demonstrated at present is that samples of the food were shown to be below the analytical limit of detection of a testing method on one or more occasions. Expected that any claim is based on a robust risk assessment.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}