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Allergen and nutrition information to be provided by all food establishments.

Closed 358 signatures

What the petition asks

Since December 2014 it has been made a necessity that 14 indetified food allergens including nuts, fish, milk and eggs must be provided on food packaging and on menus where food packaging isn't readily available (Food Standards Agency, 2013). However this doesn't cover the full nutritional content.
I myself have been a type 1 insulin-dependent diabetic for 16 years, and as part of my condition management I, like thousands of others, need to know the nutrition, particularly carbohydrate content of the foods I am eating in order to calculate my insulin requirements.

Diabetes is a life-threatening chronic health condition and it is extremely surprising how many food establishments are only able to provide allergen information and not the full nutritional content of the items on their menus.

Timeline

16 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
16 Dec 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 358
Status Closed
Opened 16 Jun 2016
Closed 16 Dec 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.