From December 2014, it is our duty as a Pre-School to provide allergen information on the foods we provide. Food allergens pose a significant risk to consumers with allergic conditions, which may even be life threatening.
As a Pre-School, it is our responsibility to ensure that we share with you allergen information for the food we provide and serve to your child, and that it is accurate, consistent and verifiable. When staff prepare food they check the ingredients to make sure allergen information is correct, to avoid triggering an allergic reaction.
There are 14 allergens currently listed under food law that we must declare, we do this by recording our daily snack.
These are:
- Cereals containing gluten, eg wheat (including spelt and khorasan), rye, barley and oats and their hybridised strains
- crustaceans, eg prawns, crab and lobster
- eggs
- fish
- peanuts
- soybeans
- milk
- nuts, eg almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecan nuts, Brazil nuts, pistachio, cashew, macadamia nuts or Queensland nuts
- celery (including celeriac)
- mustard
- sesame
- sulphur dioxide/sulphites (preservatives used in some foods and drinks) at levels above 10mg per kg or per litre
- lupin
- molluscs, eg clams, mussels, whelks oysters, snails and squid
If you have any questions in regards to the above information or any other food/diet related topic, please feel free to discuss this with a member of staff.
What Ofsted say about us… |
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| “Children’s views and opinions are highly valued. Staff readily take on board their suggestions of activities and ideas.’ |
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| Ofsted Report 2023 |