New York Agriculture and Markets Law section 199-g takes effect on November 12, 2026. Every food establishment must label food that is prepared, prepacked and offered for sale on the same premises, on the package or on an attached label, identifying any ingredient that is a major food allergen.
Which food is covered
State guidance gives examples: wrapped single-serve baked goods on a self-service counter, sandwiches and salads in a grab-and-go cooler, and bakery items boxed in advance on the sales floor. Food packaged after a customer orders is not covered, and neither is food kept behind the counter until requested.
Make the Contains line complete
The guidance allows either naming the allergen source within the ingredient list or using a Contains statement. If you use a Contains statement it must name every major allergen present. Leaving one out is a violation even if it appears in the ingredient list.
Highly refined oils
Highly refined oils are exempt, but a supplier label that only says peanut oil or sesame oil does not show that an oil is highly refined. Ask your supplier for written confirmation that it is refined, bleached and deodorized.
Check your sheet before printing
Print the test page on plain paper at 100% and hold it against your label sheet. Printers differ, so check the alignment before using a full sheet of labels.
UK and EU: the 14 allergens
Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 lists 14 allergens, and UK guidance follows it. Prepacked for direct sale food needs its name and a full ingredients list with the allergens emphasised in the list, so UK and EU labels carry no separate Contains line. Choose the region and Filero bolds each tagged allergen, adding its name in brackets when the ingredient name does not already show it.
Australia and New Zealand: Plain English Allergen Labelling
Standard 1.2.3 of the Food Standards Code uses required names, shown in bold in the ingredients, and a summary statement that starts with Contains. Tree nuts are declared one by one. In the summary, barley, oats and rye containing gluten are declared as gluten, and wheat as wheat and gluten.
Anywhere else: the Codex baseline
There is no globally approved allergen label, because each country sets its own rules. The International preset follows the Codex General Standard CXS 1-1985, the UN baseline many national laws build on. Switch on extra foods such as soy, celery or mustard if your country requires them, and check your local rules.
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