International Food Allergen Icons are easily recognizable symbols for use in the food manufacturing and food warehouse environments that can be recognized and understood regardless of a person's native language. The allergen icons are available for use in the food industry at plant and warehouse locations to:
Identify tools used for cleaning specific allergens.
Identify the presence of specific allergens in ingredients (i.e. place a milk icon sticker on a pallet of bagged ingredients which contains milk powder)
Link to training material in situations where language barriers exist in plants and can be bridged through icons used as a visual indication of the presence of allergens.
Identification of a plant area, to indicate the presence of a specific allergen.
Consider the use of these icons in your workplace.
The purpose of the International Food Allergen Icons is to provide an easily recognizable symbol for use in the food manufacturing and food warehouse environments.
Copyright
The International Association for Food Protection holds copyright to the International Food Allergen Icons. Any use beyond those accepted uses outlined below must be approved in writing prior to such use.
Disclaimer
Icons are provided "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, including IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Uses
The allergen icons are available for use in the food industry at plant and warehouse locations to:
Identify tools used for cleaning specific allergens.
Identify the presence of specific allergens in ingredients (i.e. place a milk icon sticker on a pallet of bagged ingredients which contains milk powder).
Provide a visual aid to enhance training where language barriers exist.
Identification of a plant area, to indicate the presence of a specific allergen.
The use of these allergen icons on retail packages violates the copyright agreement and is forbidden.
Commercial Uses
The allergen icons are available for licensing (a fee-based license) to companies or organizations wanting to produce stickers, signs, posters or similar products for commercial distribution for use in manufacturing plants. Requests must be made to the International Association for Food Protection.