Allergen Management and Labelling
About this course

Overview

Allergen control is a cross-contact problem on the line and a legal problem on the label, and both have to be right. You cover segregation and cleaning validation, proving the controls work, and getting labelling correct across several regulatory regimes at once.

What you will be able to do

Learning outcomes

  • Map allergen risks across a process
  • Specify effective cross-contact controls
  • Validate cleaning and segregation measures
  • Produce compliant allergen labels
  • Decide when precautionary labelling applies
What the course sets out to do

Course objectives

  • Identify allergen hazards and cross-contact routes
  • Design cross-contact controls
  • Validate and verify allergen controls
  • Apply allergen labelling rules across regimes
  • Manage precautionary allergen labelling
Course content

Modules

01

Allergen fundamentals

Priority allergens, reactions, and why control matters operationally.

02

Cross-contact control

Segregation, scheduling, and cleaning to prevent cross-contact.

03

Validation and verification

Testing and evidence that allergen controls are effective.

04

Labelling requirements

Declaring allergens accurately across multiple regulatory regimes.

05

Precautionary labelling

Risk-based decisions on may-contain statements.

06

Supplier and recall readiness

Managing allergen risk in supply and preparing for recall.

Who it is for

Target audience

Quality and technical staff, product developers, and labelling teams in food manufacturing.

Before you start

Prerequisites

A food production, quality or regulatory affairs role.

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