Food Allergy and Intolerance

Consumer Guidance - SMS or email Alert

Latest Alerts from the Food Standards Agency 

Food allergy and food intolerance are both types of food sensitivity. When someone has a food allergy, their immune system reacts to a particular food as if it isn't safe. If someone has a severe food allergy, this can cause a life-threatening reaction.

The following links are useful information sources:

Food Business Guidance

Advice for caterers on allergy and intolerance

Allergy - Food labelling Guide (pdf format, 1.36mb)

Guidance on allergen management and consumer information

Eatwell web site on Allergy and Intolerance

Food allergy - How to avoid certain foods(pdf format, 55kb)

Food intolerance and coeliac disease(pdf format, 62kb)

Other Organisations

Allergy UK

Anaphylaxis UK

Coeliac Society

SABC Food Safety Home page