Allergen cross-contact precaution strategies
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We can help you minimise and control your cross-contact risks
Food allergen cross-contact is a significant food safety concern across the food industry. It can occur at any stage of the supply chain, from raw material sourcing and primary production through to manufacturing, packing and final product handling, and poses serious risks to consumers with food allergies.
Food allergens cannot be eliminated or destroyed by normal processing, so preventing and reducing cross-contact is critical. Food business operators must therefore implement robust food allergen management systems to identify, control and minimise potential sources of allergen cross-contact.
These control measures should be risk-based, and validated, verified, monitored and documented to ensure they are effective and support both food safety and regulatory compliance.
Our experts provide risk-based, practical advice on allergen cross-contact precaution strategies tailored to your specific products, processes and supply chains – helping you minimise allergen cross-contact risks and supporting your decision-making.
How we can help:
- Assessing allergen cross-contact risks across raw materials, primary production, processing steps, equipment, people practices, and cleaning activities.
- Designing practical, tailored precautionary strategies aligned with your processes and complexity.
- Supporting the validation, verification, monitoring and documentation of allergen control measures.
- Strengthening allergen management systems to support food safety, regulatory compliance and consistent labelling decisions.
Delivered by allergen experts, this service is customised to each business’s operations and supports a proactive, risk-based approach to allergen control.
Food allergen testing
We offer flexible, bespoke food allergen testing, with interpretation support.
Key services
Allergen analysis and testing
Testing for food allergens is important to check the efficacy of allergen management controls
Allergen labelling and legislation
Guidance on providing allergen information, allergen labelling and legislation
Allergen quantitative risk assessment
Expert support in understanding and applying quantitative risk assessment
Allergen risk mapping
Supporting your effective assessment, management and communication of allergen risks
Food hypersensitivity and allergen management services
Holistic support for ensuring effective food allergen management
Publications
The experts at Campden BRI produce publications covering many aspects of food and drink development, production and safety
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Where we refer to UKAS Accreditation
The Campden BRI group companies listed below are accredited in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope of methods, specific to each site, as detailed in the schedules of accreditation bearing the testing laboratory number. The schedules may be revised from time to time and reissued by UKAS. The most recent issue of the schedules are available from the UKAS website www.ukas.com. Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 1079