
Garlic and onion allergies can cause severe reactions, but they aren’t recognised in current allergen rules. This means restaurants and food labels often don’t list them, putting people at risk. Recognition would improve safety, awareness and consistency.
Emma Reynolds
Environment Secretary
Review and reform UK allergy laws & labelling standards for milk allergies
Review the UK Novel Foods Regs to allow medical mushrooms for human consumption
Require food labelled as gluten-free on menus to be cross-contamination free
Ban labels from saying may contain regarding allergens
Make pasteurisation labelling mandatory on all dairy products in the UK
Garlic and onion allergies can cause severe reactions, but they aren’t recognised in current allergen rules. This means restaurants and food labels often don’t list them, putting people at risk. Recognition would improve safety, awareness and consistency.
Review and reform UK allergy laws & labelling standards for milk allergies
Review the UK Novel Foods Regs to allow medical mushrooms for human consumption
Require food labelled as gluten-free on menus to be cross-contamination free
Ban labels from saying may contain regarding allergens
Make pasteurisation labelling mandatory on all dairy products in the UK