European Union Statutory Compliance
SUBSTANCES OR PRODUCTS CAUSING ALLERGIES OR INTOLERANCES

1. Cereals containing gluten (11), namely: wheat (such as spelt and khorasan wheat), rye, barley, oats or their hybridised strains, and products thereof, except:
(a) wheat based glucose syrups including dextrose;
(b) wheat based maltodextrins;
(c) glucose syrups based on barley;
(d) cereals used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin;

2. Crustaceans (17) and products thereof;

3. Eggs (2) and products thereof;

4. Fish (16) and products thereof, except:
(a) fish gelatine used as carrier for vitamin or carotenoid preparations;
(b) fish gelatine or Isinglass used as fining agent in beer and wine;

5. Peanuts (7) and products thereof;

6. Soybeans (12) and products thereof, except:
(a) fully refined soybean oil and fat;
(b) natural mixed tocopherols (E306), natural D-alpha tocopherol, natural D- alpha tocopherol acetate, and natural D- alpha tocopherol succinate from soybean sources;
(c) vegetable oils derived phytosterols and phytosterol esters from soybean sources;
(d) plant stanol ester produced from vegetable oil sterols from soybean sources;

7. Milk (1) and products thereof (including lactose), except:
(a) whey used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin;
(b) lactitol;

8. Nuts (3,4,5,6,8,9,10), namely: almonds (Amygdalus communis L.), hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), walnuts (Juglans regia), cashews (Anacardium occidentale), pecan nuts (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch), Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa), pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera), macadamia or Queensland nuts (Macadamia ternifolia), and products thereof, except for nuts used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin;

9. Celery (14) and products thereof;

10. Mustard (18) and products thereof;

11. Sesame (13) seeds and products thereof;

12. Sulphur dioxide (19) and sulphites at concentrations of more than 10 mg/ kg or 10 mg/litre in terms of the total SO2 which are to be calculated for products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers;

13. Lupin (20) and products thereof;

14. Molluscs (21) and products thereof.

15. Alcohol (15) (disclosure of which is a non-requirement per this EU Regulation / Irish S.I.)

Irish Statutory Compliance
SUBSTANCES OR PRODUCTS CAUSING ALLERGIES OR INTOLERANCES

Part 2
FOOD ALLERGEN INFORMATION

Prohibition in respect of presentation, sale and supply
4. A food business operator shall not present or make available food for sale or supply, or sell or supply food, unless written particulars of any allergen in the food are indicated at:
(a) the point of presentation,
(b) the point of sale, or
(c) the point of supply,
in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Part.

MANNER IN WHICH ALLERGEN INFORMATION IS TO BE PROVIDED

5. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a food business operator shall provide written particulars of any allergen in food presented or made available for sale or supply such that the information is—
(a) freely and easily accessible before the sale or supply of the food,
(b) at least in the English or in the Irish language and in the English language,
(c) in a conspicuous place, such that it is easily visible and available to the final consumer or mass caterer,
(d) in clear legible script, and
(e) presented in a manner such that there is no possibility of confusion as to which food the information relates.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), in the case of food presented or made available for sale or supply by means of distance selling, the food business operator shall
provide particulars of any allergen in such food— (a) before the purchase is concluded, on the material supporting the distance selling or through other appropriate means clearly identified by the food business operator which do not involve charging consumers supplementary costs, and
(b) at the moment of delivery, and such particulars shall be provided in writing at at least one of the stages referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b).
(3) Paragraph (2)(a) shall not apply to foods presented or made available for sale or supply by means of automatic vending machines or automated commercial premises

EXEMPTION WHERE ALLERGEN REFERRED TO IN NAME OF FOOD

6. Notwithstanding Regulation 5, where the name of the food clearly refers to the allergen concerned, the food business operator is not obliged to separately provide particulars of the allergen