BEST PRACTICE STANDARD FOR ALLERGEN MANAGEMENT IN FOOD SERVICE
We are
Allergen Accreditation
Setting Standards for Allergen Management
Since 2013, Allergen Accreditation has been at the forefront of food allergen customer excellence in the catering sector. With our intuitive guidance, training and certification, we have helped many caterers understand and improve allergen management within their businesses.
Our solutions
What we do
Training
Our training packages will ensure that your business and staff are fully aware and compliant with the most up to date Allergen practices in the catering sector.
Certification
Not only do we provide the certification, we can also supply window stickers to show your clients that you comply with the latest Allergen standards before they enter the premises.
Senior Allergen Advisors
Dependent on the size of your business, we can train any of your staff to a "Senior Allergen Advisor" level, enabling them to qualify to be able to implement allergen awareness throughout all your outlets.
Closely working with Catering Business’
Support to Compliance
1. Initial consultation
An open discussion, in confidence, about the business’ current methods, systems and staff knowledge opens a safe place to explore how the business works currently and what it needs to do.
2. Answer
Questions from team members and explain the processes involved, what best practice looks like and provide solutions to problematic scenarios. The open Q&A is highly appreciated and dispels any myths and corroborates correct methods.
3. Advisory
Provide tailored solutions that can include workshops, accredited training, pre-audit sessions and full Allergen Accreditation. Nothing is off the table and solutions are agreed to for specific challenges.
4. Deliver
Allocate a lead from Allergen Accreditation who will support all activities within an agreed timeframe. The business’ priorities become our priorities and we work in tandem with key personnel as part of your team.
5. Development
For group operators the PAAS (Primary Authority Allergen Scheme) is an excellent solution for businesses to have their own personnel accredited as Senior Allergen Advisors who can accredit in their own right.
6. Benefits
Primarily the objective is to achieve a safe place to eat and drink at with a recognised best practice accreditation. Consequentially the business achieves a highly recognised and marketable asset.
Our work
Support
Specialist support is provided to organisations that provide special diets for customers with food hypersensitivities. This is based on a risk assessment and capability review to enable the safe management of any special diet needs.
AllerJan
Allergen Accreditation continues to offer free resources in the form of kitchen posters and a Resource Pack. These are freely downloadable and will feature any latest trends and regulation updates.
Success
Continued development and business support. There are many agencies and advocates who provide advice and guidance. New standards are explored and implemented into the accreditation following review and consideration by the board of Senior Allergen Advisors. Customer queries are regular and it is not always 100% clear what the rules are, or sometimes new products are challenging and advice is needed on the best course of action.
Led by the industry- for the industry
Stand out from the crowd
Allergen Accreditation achieves two key aims: To provide the consumer the confidence that a premises is safe to eat and drink at. And provide the operator a framework to develop and implement its allergen strategy in order to gain a recognised accreditation.
Protect your business, safeguard your customer
Why choose Allergen Accreditation?
Allergen Accreditation tests your operational knowledge of your own food handling, food and beverage service and your ingredients’ provenance. It is therefore a critical assessment of your business and will encourage you to fully examine all the products you buy in, training your staff and gaining a recognised certification to prove to your customers.
