Producer Supports

Food Safety Advice 

For full advice and support please visit Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Be Food Allergen Aware

Five steps to help you comply with the law on declaring the use of food allergens in non-prepacked food for your customers:

  1. Declare the use of the 14 food allergens in writing

  2. Ensure the allergen information is legible and clear

  3. Ensure the allergen information is easily accessible to your customers

  4. Ensure the allergen information is up-to-date

  5. Monitor your suppliers’ allergen information

Information on the Microbiological Criteria for Food In Ireland

FSAI Microbiological Criteria: Information on who it applies to and how to comply to ensure the production and sale of safe, high quality food products

Information on Food Traceability, Recall and Withdrawal Systems

FSAI Traceability and Recall: Information on traceability and recall systems for food businesses

FSAI Guidance Note 10: Information on Traceability, recall and withdrawal procedures

Producer Supports: Information on Food Safety Management Systems

FSAI HACCP Information: Explaining the HACCP system and how to develop your food safety management system

FSAI Safe Catering Pack: Information to help caterers implement their food safety management system

Food allergens that must be declared

Cereals 

Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat (such as spelt and khorasan wheat), rye, barley, oats or their hybridised strains, and products thereof, except:

  1.  Wheat based glucose syrups including dextrose

  2.  Wheat based maltodextrins

  3.  Glucose syrups based on barley

  4.  Cereals used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin 

Crustaceans

Crustaceans and products thereof.

Crustaceans

Crustaceans and products thereof.

Fish

Fish and products thereof, except:

  1. a)  Fish gelatine used as a carrier for vitamin or carotenoid preparations

  2. b)  Fish gelatine or Isinglass used as fining agent in beer and wine

Peanuts

Peanuts and products thereof.

Soybeans

Soybeans and products thereof, except:

  1. Fully refined soybean oil and fat 

  2. Natural mixed tocopherols (E306), 

    natural D-alpha tocopherol, natural D-alpha tocopherol acetate, natural D-alpha tocopherol succinate from soybean sources

  3. Vegetable oils derived phytosterols and phytosterol esters from soybean sources 

  4. Plant stanol ester produced from vegetable oil sterols from soybean sources 

Milk

Milk and products thereof (including lactose), except:

  1. Whey used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin 
  2. Lactitol 
Nuts

Nuts, (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, Brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia/Queensland nuts) and products
thereof, except for nuts used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin.

Celery

Celery and products thereof.

Mustard

Mustard and products thereof.

Sesame seeds

Sesame seeds and products thereof.

Sulphur dioxide and sulphites

Sulphur dioxide and sulphites at concentrations
of more than 10mg/kg or 10 mg/litre, expressed as SO2, e.g. found in burgers, sausages and wine.

Lupin

Lupin and products thereof.

Molluscs

Molluscs and products thereof.

IMPORTANT: 

Allergen information regarding “Cereals containing gluten” must specify the type of cereal, e.g. wheat, and “Nuts” must specify the type of nut, e.g. cashew.

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