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confusion surrounding 'may contain' warnings on food

If it is vegan, is it safe for those with allergies to milk or eggs?

17/07/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has just issued a report, discussed in an excellent post on Alex Gazzola's Allergy Insight blog, which makes it quite clear that being labelled vegan does not mean that a food is safe for those with allergies to milk or eggs. They …

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Frustration and anger of ‘may contain’ labelling

07/10/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

A very brief post as I am just off to catch a plane to Dublin to help launch the new Irish FreeFrom Food Awards! As many of you will know, we at FoodsMatter are looking at starting a 'freefrom' assurance scheme the purpose of which will be to bring some clarity to the current …

Category: Allergies, Big Business, Dairy-free, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: 'may contain' warnings, confusion surrounding 'may contain' warnings on food, frustration in freeform food industry over precautionary allergen labelling, PAL frustrates industry and is dangerous for the consumer

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