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Allergen Ingredient Declaration Sheet

A free printable ingredient declaration sheet — every ingredient in one product with supplier, spec reference and declared allergens, adding up to your label.

First page of the Allergen Ingredient Declaration Sheet — Answer 'what is in this and how do you know' with a sheet rather than a memory, and notice when a supplier's change should change your label.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Answer 'what is in this and how do you know' with a sheet rather than a memory, and notice when a supplier's change should change your label.

Who it is for

Makers who sell packaged or labelled food — bakers, chocolatiers, sauce and preserve makers, market traders — and anyone who has to answer an allergen question at a counter.

How to use it

  1. Fill one sheet per product, and list every ingredient including dusting flour, glazes and release agents.
  2. Copy the allergens exactly as each supplier declares them, and note where you saw it.
  3. Write in the allergens from the list the rules where you trade give you, and say which ingredient brings each one.
  4. Add cross-contact from your own site — shared bench, shared line, shared store.
  5. Date it, sign it, and redo it when an ingredient or supplier changes.

What is on the sheet

2 pages, in this order:

Page 1

Printed under the title: One product, ingredient by ingredient: where each one came from, what the supplier declares for it, and what that adds up to on your own label. Redo it when a supplier or an ingredient changes.

Your list of allergens, not ours. Which allergens have to be declared, and how, is set by the rules where you trade — write in the allergen names from your own list rather than relying on memory. The supplier's declaration is theirs; keep the specification or a copy of the label it came from with this sheet.

Write-on lines: Product · Recipe / product code · Version date · Compiled by

Ingredients — one line per ingredient, including anything used to dust, glaze or grease

Table, 12 rows: Ingredient · Supplier · Spec or label ref · Allergens declared · May contain · Checked

Page 2

What this product declares — one line per allergen on your list

Table, 12 rows: Allergen · From which ingredient · Cross-contact on site · On the label as

Ruled lines: Notes — what changed since the last version, and why

Signature strip: Checked against the label by · Print name · Date

Questions

Why is the allergen list at the bottom blank?

Because which allergens have to be declared, and by what name, differs by country and changes over time. Printing one list would be wrong somewhere. Write in the list from the rules where you trade.

What if a supplier gives no allergen information?

Write that down as the answer — a blank is not the same as 'none'. Then ask them in writing, and keep the reply with this sheet.

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