Requires allergen labeling for prepackaged foods

New allergen labels help New York shoppers

Beginning one year after enactment, New York food establishments must label food prepared, prepackaged, and offered or sold on the same premises. This includes retail food stores, delis, bakeries, cafeterias, and food trucks. Packages or attached labels must identify ingredients containing milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, sesame, or soybeans. Ingredients containing proteins from these foods are also covered. Unpackaged food and food packaged after a customer orders are excluded. Highly refined oils from these foods, and ingredients derived from those oils, are excluded. Ingredients exempt through the federal food-allergen petition or notification process are also excluded.