Hi All
Our company is under pressure to remove all ' may contain' labelling which is used for category 1 allergens: peanuts, nuts and sesame. I can understand that our customer wants to help allergen sufferers as they feel the food industry is using it as a ' ass covering' excercise.
We do not use 'may contain' labelling for any of the allergens that we handle on site as we do not handle peanuts, nuts or sesame so the risk is only thorough ingredients supplied to us.
We have been asked to go back to our suppliers and challenge them on thier own controls and if they can't control cross contamination in ther factories then we should audit them and if are not confident about their controls then we shoudn't be using them. We have started this excerise and have come across several companies who do not want to remove the ' may contain' claims for peanuts, nuts and sesame as they feel they have no control of their product prior to it arriving to them. One example was for seasoning.
So far I have contacted 3 suppliers and they are all alligned. What do i do ? Take the risk upon my own head? How can I risk assess the probability that a peanut may accidently come and contaminate the seasoning during the growing or harvesting and contaminate our product?
Where do I stand legally if I remove the ' may contain'
Help all ideas and thoughts welcomed
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