La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § VII-977

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VII-977 - Allergen and Sensitivity Producing Ingredient

A. Allergens of public health significance include: eggs and egg products, milk and dairy products, peanuts and peanut products, seafood/shellfish, seeds, soy and soy products, tree nuts, wheat and wheat products and sulfites.

B. Sensitivity producing ingredients are those ingredients that cause individualistic adverse reactions other than those which result in Immunoglobulin Epsilon (I-g-E) mediated allergies.

C. Allergens and sensitivity producing ingredients shall be appropriately declared in the labeling of all foods that contain allergens and sensitivity producing ingredients.

D. The dairy plant shall take appropriate steps to preclude the contamination of products that do not contain allergens or sensitivity producing ingredients with any allergenic materials or sensitivity producing ingredients. The plant shall also take appropriate steps to insure that only ingredients or substances that are listed in the labeling are in the final product. These steps shall include:

1. proper cleaning of all equipment used in the production of products containing allergens or sensitivity producing ingredients prior to the production of products that do not contain allergens or sensitivity producing ingredients (such as cleaning of equipment used to process egg nog prior to processing dairy products not containing egg products or cleaning equipment used to process dairy products prior to processing juices, flavoring non-dairy items, etc.); and

2. insuring that CIP systems and CIP solutions that have been used to clean equipment that was used to process products containing allergen or sensitivity producing ingredients does not contain allergen or sensitivity producing ingredients residues when used to clean or sanitize equipment to be used to process products that do not contain sensitivity producing ingredients.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § VII-977

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 37:2684 (September 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a). Also see R.S. 40:5(2)(3)(5)(7)(15)(17) and R.S. 40:922.