Allergen labelling changes for prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food
Guidance to support businesses meet changes in allergen labelling requirements for PPDS food, also known as Natasha's Law.
In Wales, England, and Northern Ireland, any food business that produces prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) food is required to label it with the name of the food and a full ingredients list. Allergenic ingredients must be emphasised within this list.
These labelling requirements, also known as Natasha's Law, help protect consumers by providing potentially life-saving allergen information on the packaging.
This can include food that consumers select themselves, for example from a display unit, as well as products kept behind a counter, or some food sold at mobile or temporary outlets.
This PPDS toolkit and sector-specific guidance are here to help food businesses identify whether they provide PPDS food and what they may need to do to be compliant.
PPDS toolkit for food businesses
In this section
- Introduction to PPDS allergen labelling changes
- Labelling guidance for PPDS food products
- Technical guidance - Food allergen labelling and information requirements
- Precautionary allergen labelling guide
- Precautionary allergen labelling checklist
- Allergen and ingredients food labelling decision tool
- PPDS food labelling webinar for UK food businesses
Sector-specific PPDS guidance
In this section
- PPDS allergen labelling changes for bakers
- PPDS allergen labelling changes for butchers
- PPDS allergen labelling changes for mobile sellers and street vendors
- PPDS allergen labelling changes for event caterers
- PPDS allergen labelling changes for fast food and takeaway restaurants
- PPDS allergen labelling changes for schools, colleges and nurseries
- PPDS allergen labelling changes for restaurants, cafés and pubs
Allergen resources for food businesses
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