Food Industry and Regulators
Our role: supporting food professionals in best-practice allergen management, and partnering with regulators to align it with global food safety standards.
We’re the food industry’s own body for allergen management: the place manufacturers, retailers, suppliers and food service businesses come together to share best practice, access the VITAL® Program, and manage allergen risk and labelling consistently.
We also work alongside regulators and standards bodies, from the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to the Codex Alimentarius, so requirements stay consistent, workable and grounded in the latest science, helping businesses of every size meet their obligations and protect the customers who trust them.
Visit the Allergen HubConsumers and Carers
Our role: supporting safer, more transparent food choices through industry collaboration and clear allergen management.
For people living with food allergies, and those who care for them, we support the food industry and work behind the scenes to help make food labelling clearer and more consistent, so every label can be trusted and every food choice can be made with confidence.
We also bring consumer needs into the industry conversations that shape what ends up on the shelf. We collaborate with leading consumer organisations such as Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia and the National Allergy Council to ensure our information and resources are aligned.
Healthcare Professionals
Our role: providing trusted resources to improve food allergy management and consumer education.
We give health professionals access to credible, science-based information on food allergen management and labelling, helping them give patients and their families accurate, practical guidance.
We connect clinical understanding with how the food industry actually manages allergen risk. Our strategy is also evolving to build closer, more direct relationships with healthcare professionals such as dietitians, clinicians and allergy specialists, so our resources continue to reflect what they and their patients need.
EXPLORE AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALLooking forward
The Allergen Bureau will continue to support industry and the consumer as we move towards global harmonised risk management and allergen labelling, with a renewed focus on education for the industry and consumers about the industry.
Jasmine Lacis-Lee, Allergen Bureau Chair