Food Allergy

Opinion

Ten food safety compliance tips for pub operators

17-Feb-2020 By Malcolm Muir

Malcolm Muir, consultancy director at Venners, reads pub operators the diet act and offers 10 tips to stay within the sector’s food safety laws.

Pub fined £3,000 after girl hospitalised with allergic reaction

07-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

A pub has admitted food safety failings after it served a teenage customer a dish containing egg, despite her making it clear she had a severe allergy.

Customers must ‘speak up’ about food allergens

12-Feb-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A new social media campaign tackles customers’ embarrassment about asking for allergen information and urges businesses to ensure they follow the law.

Young Brits with food allergies 'fear' eating out

14-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

A significant number of young people aged between 16 and 24 and suffering from food allergies or intolerances fear eating out in pubs and restaurants, shocking new research has claimed.

‘Fake’ allergic customers causing pub kitchens to slow

07-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

‘Fake’ allergic diners are having a huge impact on pubs and slowing down their kitchens..

Food allergen guide for pubs launched

11-Apr-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Allergy UK has released a guide to support caterers and help them reduce risks for allergic customers.

Food safety controls to be ramped up by local authorities

16-Mar-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Food safeguards and allergen protection for consumers will be moved up a gear by local authorities, and will be core to delivering a better system of control to ensure a higher level of confidence in UK food.

Allergen legislation: more work needed from pubs and restaurants

28-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

One in four people with a food allergy have suffered a reaction while eating in a pub, restaurant or café, despite the new Food Information to Consumer (FIC) regulations that came into force in 2014, figures from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have shown.

Food Safety

‘Pubs not up to scratch on allergen labelling’

11-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs are lagging behind the rest of the food industry on food allergen labelling, experts have warned, following the release of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) latest local authority food law report.

Allergen Legislation

Allergies: new scheme to help operators

03-Jul-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Allergy UK has launched a new accreditation scheme aimed at helping UK operators cater better to customers with food allergies and intolerances.

West Sussex pub uses digital touchscreen to offer allergy advice

08-Dec-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A West Sussex pub has come up with an innovative way to meet the new food allergen legislation requirements, which become law next week.

Punch offers advice to tenants ahead of new allergen laws

26-Nov-2014 By James Wallin, M&C Report

Punch Taverns has reminded licensees that it is offering help with implementation of the new allergen laws.

BUSINESS SUPPORT

Allergens legislation training

16-Nov-2014 By Jo Bruce

New EU food allergen legislation comes into effect today. PubFood offers some more tips on making sure you are ready

BUSINESS SUPPORT

Food Allergen Legislation: how operators are gearing up

08-Nov-2014 By Jo Bruce

With the new food allergen legislation coming in to force, Jo Bruce asks operators how they are planning to comply

CPL launches new food allergens e-learning course

21-Oct-2014 By Jo Bruce

CPL Online has developed a new e-learning course on food allergens.

Allergen legislation: New FSA resources available

20-Oct-2014 By Jo Bruce

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says it is confident that pub businesses will be ready for the introduction of the food allergen labelling legislation in December.

Research claims food allergies now affect one third of UK households

04-Sep-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

One third of UK households are now affected by food allergy or intolerance according to new research by YouGov.

Allergen law

Top tips for dealing with the new allergen laws

15-Aug-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

The deadline to comply with the new allergen laws is now less than four months away but few publicans have even begun to plan. Elliot Kuruvita looks at ideas to help licensees stay on the right side of the law

FSA to clarify diet guidelines

05-Feb-2003

Pub chefs and licensees could soon have clearer guidance to help them deal with customers' food allergies and special diets.The number of people...