The Contains statement required under Plain English Allergen Labelling that gathers a food's declared allergens together in one place using set plain-English…
It is the Contains statement on a food label that gathers all the declared allergens in a product together in one place, using set plain-English names. It is required under Plain English Allergen Labelling in Standard 1.2.3 of the Food Standards Code.
Declared allergens must appear in bold wherever they occur in the statement of ingredients and also be brought together in the Contains summary statement. The two should be consistent, so everything bolded in the ingredients also appears in the Contains line.
All declared allergens present in the food, including less familiar ones such as added sulphites at 10 mg/kg or more, lupin, sesame and tree nuts, as well as milk, egg and others, using the required plain-English names.
No. Voluntary precautionary statements such as may be present must be kept separate from the mandatory Contains summary statement, so consumers do not confuse a possible unintended trace with a deliberate ingredient.
Whenever an ingredient, sub-ingredient or supplier changes, the summary statement should be reviewed and updated so it still accurately captures every declared allergen present in the product using the required plain-English names.