Allergy laws to be enforced in European restaurants From 20 December 2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30395142

Under the new legislation (EU FIC Food Information for Consumers Regulation), customers must be told if their food contains any of the following:

• celery - including any found in stock cubes and soup

• cereals containing gluten - including spelt, wheat, rye, barley

• crustaceans - eg crabs, lobster, prawns and shrimp paste

• eggs - including food glazed with egg

• fish

• lupin - can be found in some types of bread, pastries, pasta

• milk

• molluscs - mussels, land snails, squid, also found in oyster sauce

• mustard

• nuts - for example almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, macadamia

• peanuts - also found in groundnut oil

• sesame seeds - found in some bread, houmous, tahini

• soya - found in beancurd, edamame beans, tofu

• sulphur dioxide - used as a preservative in dried fruit, meat products, soft drinks, vegetables, alcohol.