About Plain English Allergen Labelling and Foodworks Nutrition Labelling

Plain English Allergen Labelling (PEAL) sets out how allergens must be declared on food labels in Australia and New Zealand. Foodworks Nutrition Labelling generates PEAL-compliant allergen statements for your labels.

PEAL has been mandatory since February 2024, and the stock-in-trade period for foods labelled under the previous requirements ended in February 2026. All food labels must now meet the PEAL requirements.

What PEAL requires

Under PEAL, allergens must be declared:

• in plain English, using the required names set out in the Food Standards Code
• in bold in the ingredient list
• in a separate summary statement, beginning with "Contains", placed next to the ingredient list
• with individual tree nuts named (for example, almond or cashew)
• with crustacean and mollusc declared separately, replacing "shellfish"
• with wheat declared separately from gluten
• including allergens present in processing aids

More information

• Standard 1.2.3 – Information requirements – warning statements, advisory statements and declarations
• Schedule 9 – Mandatory advisory statements
• Food Industry Guide to Allergen Management and Labelling (FIGAML)
• FSANZ Proposal P1044 – Plain English Allergen Labelling