NACC South East 1 FIC • What it is • What we will do • What our customers will need to do 2 Provision of Food Information to Consumers • EU regulation • Brings together – Food labelling – Food allergens – Nutrition labelling • Came into law October 2011 • Must comply by December 2014 3 FIC main changes • Nutrition labelling to be mandatory, will be in a different order • Allergy advice line no longer allowed • Allergy information in ingredients list, brakes will highlight allergens in BOLD 4 Implications for Brakes • Change to every piece of packaging • Trying to coincide with new branding • Any product produced after December 2014 must be in FIC compliant packaging • We may have long shelf life products in 2015 or beyond • New packaging will be seen from the end of 2013 5 6 Sodium no longer declared 7 FIC for food sold loose • • • • This is food sold in catering Must provide allergen information Information on 14 allergens Will no longer be able to say – ‘I do not know what is in the food’ – Applies to all catering 8 14 allergens • Cereals containing gluten • Crustaceans • Eggs • Fish • Peanuts • Soya 9 • • • • • • • • Milk Nuts Celery Mustard Sesame seeds Sulphur dioxide Lupin Molluscs Gluten & nuts • Cereals containing gluten – Wheat – Barley – Rye – Oats – Spelt – Kamut 10 • Nuts – Almonds – Hazelnuts – Walnuts – Cashews – Pecan – Brazil nuts – Pistachio – Macadamia How will caterers provide this information • Must be available – Back of house manual – Internal Website – Access to central database of recipes • Provision – Advice to consumer that this information is available • • • • 11 Notice in restaurant On the menu Customer website Verbal communication with customer Where will caterers find this information • Packaging – FIC requires allergens to be included in the ingredient list – The name of the allergen must be emphasised in the ingredient list (Brakes Bold) • Other sources – Information to be available at the point of purchase • List on-line • Product advice sheets 12 13 Contains lists • Long lists – Match to approved buying lists – Inclusion in recipe analysis systems 14 Brakes Code Product Title Contains Peanuts 89 Whole Grapefruit Segments N in Light Syrup 94 Whole Mandarin Orange N Segments in Light 102 Whole Orange Segments N in Light Syrup 186 Baked Beans in Tomato N Sauce 187 Sliced Beetroot N 244 Italian Peeled Plum Tomatoes N 255 Dessicated Coconut N 261 White Vanilla Flavour Ice N Cream 268 Seedless Raisins N 301 Caster Sugar N 308 Granulated Sugar N 318 Vanilla Pods N 533 Long Grain Rice N 544 Short Grain Pudding Rice N 548 Red Lentils N 551 Yellow Split Peas N 554 Green Split Peas N 557 Cereal Broth Mix N 560 Dried Marrowfat Peas N 562 Pearl Barley N 563 Haricot Beans N 564 Butter Beans N 568 Semolina N 740 Dark Pitted Cherries inNLight Syrup 801 Raspberry Flavour JellyNCrystals 802 Strawberry Flavour Jelly N Crystals 803 Orange Flavour Jelly Crystals N 804 Lemon Flavour Jelly Crystals N 839 Puff Pastry Pie Tops N 965 Sweetener Granules Sachets N 1020 Tuna Cheesey Bake N 1050 Cannellini Beans In Water N 1068 Cooked Supreme Of Chicken N (Pasteurised) 1069 19mm Cooked Diced Chicken N Breast 1071 Chicken Korma N 1075 Cottage Pie N 1080 Cooked Roast Chicken N Drumsticks 1085 All Purpose Pastry Mix N Contains Other Nuts N Syrup N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Contains Egg N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Contains Fish N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N Contains Milk N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Y N N N Y Y N Y What to do with this information 15 Ingredient Milk Soya Gluten from Wheat Nuts Fish Crustaceans Cod N N N N Y N Prawns N N N N N Y Brakes Béchamel Sauce Y Y N N N N Potato N N N N N N Cream Y N N N N N Pepper N N N N N N DISH Y Y N N Y Y Front of House Products • Wrapped so will have allergens on the packaging • Caterer does not need to do anything more 16 General advice on managing allergens 17 Advice from Brakes 18 The way forward • Understand the 14 allergen list • Collect allergen information about all your prepared products • Collect recipes • Collect menu ideas (recipes and accompaniments) • Build your own allergen data bank • Have a protocol for keeping this up to date • Train staff in handling allergen enquiries • Do this before December 2014! 19 Brakes on-line training 20 New online nutrition course • • • • 21 Certified by AfN Easy to use online or print and read Tests after each module, certificate 4 modules – Intro to balanced diet – Eating well in healthcare sector – Malnutrition & diabetes – Dysphagia, dementia & menu planning Link to elearning site https://elearning.brake.co.uk 22 First Screen 23 Employee Registration 24 Log In 25 Dashboard 26 Module One 27 Test 28 Test 29 Dashboard 30 31