Allergen risk assessment template and guidance
01 September 2025Industry unites to shape a consistent allergen risk assessment, enhancing food safety for UK consumers.
Uniting food industry experts
IGD’s Technical Leaders Forum have championed the opportunity to improve food safety through collaboration. We believe that implementing uniform, best-practice risk assessments across industry will foster a more secure and dependable environment for those living with allergies.
The project group have worked together to create a consistent template for allergen risk assessment, complete with comprehensive supporting guidance.
This new template and guidance can enhance the consistency in allergen risk assessment approaches and support manufacturers in raising the bar for best practice.
“Together with the IGD, we are bringing retailers and food manufacturers together to create a consumer first approach to allergen management through a cross-industry framework"
— Ross Dennison, Technical Director, Bakkavor (Technical Leaders Forum co-chair)
The allergen risk assessment worked example has been to designed to demonstrate how the template and supporting guidance can be applied in practice.
The example is based on a large bakery manufacturer. The site operates multiple production lines, producing a variety of bakery products. Several allergens are used on-site in different forms.
The worked example is intended for training and guidance only; this example does not reflect a real-life scenario but can be used to help users understand and apply allergen risk assessment steps.