The written information required by Royal Decree 126/2015 (Article 6.5.a, 2nd) is usually kept as a sheet per dish or a table of dishes against the 14 allergens. The law does not impose a template: what follows is a practical way to do it.
What it must include
- The name of the dish and all its components: base, sauce, garnish, batter or coating, oil, decoration.
- The 14 allergens in Annex II, ticked one by one: present or not present.
- The date of the last review and who did it.
Where it is kept and who uses it
- Within reach of floor and kitchen staff, inspectors and customers who ask for it.
- It can be on paper or electronic: what matters is that it exists and is easy to check.
- If a dish changes, the sheet changes the same day. An out-of-date sheet gives false information.
In practiceThe cook decides to finish the pumpkin soup with a little cream. The soup now contains
milk: he writes it on the sheet before opening and mentions it at the shift briefing.
Source: Real Decreto 126/2015, food information for non-prepacked foods (consolidated text, in Spanish), Article 6.5.a, 2nd · Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, Annex II