Hospitality glossary · Compliance and safety
Natasha's Law is the allergen labelling requirement, in force since October 2021, that food prepacked for direct sale must carry a full ingredients list with the 14 regulated allergens emphasised.
In practice
Definitions are easy. What matters is how the thing behaves in a real operation, and where it tends to go wrong.
Prepacked for direct sale, or PPDS, means food packed on the same premises before a customer orders it: the sandwich in the chiller, the salad box on the counter, the cake already boxed. Food made to order or served on a plate is not PPDS and is covered by the separate duty to give accurate allergen information on request. The law is named after Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 after eating a baguette whose ingredients were not labelled.
Reading it as a labelling job for the person who prints the stickers. The label is only as accurate as the recipe control and the supplier specifications behind it, and a substituted ingredient that nobody told the kitchen about is the failure mode that actually happens.
Questions
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Natasha's Law is the allergen labelling requirement, in force since October 2021, that food prepacked for direct sale must carry a full ingredients list with the 14 regulated allergens emphasised. Prepacked for direct sale, or PPDS, means food packed on the same premises before a customer orders it: the sandwich in the chiller, the salad box on the counter, the cake already boxed. Food made to order or served on a plate is not PPDS and is covered by the separate duty to give accurate allergen information on request. The law is named after Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 after eating a baguette whose ingredients were not labelled.
Reading it as a labelling job for the person who prints the stickers. The label is only as accurate as the recipe control and the supplier specifications behind it, and a substituted ingredient that nobody told the kitchen about is the failure mode that actually happens.
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