Master allergens
Protect allergic consumers, from goods receipt to the label.
Why this programme
For someone with an allergy, a trace of peanut or milk can be serious. Cross-contamination, recipe changes, labels not properly updated: allergens are among the most frequent causes of product recalls. The programme has teams play on your own recipes, lines and cleaning procedures, so that everyone understands the risk and knows how to avoid it.
A system which identifies, evaluates, and controls hazards which are significant for food safety.
What your teams experience
- The fourteen: recognise the allergens that must be declared in a series of projected ingredients and products.
- Cross-contamination: find, on a factory floor plan, the places where an allergen can pass from one line to another.
- The changeover: put the cleaning and checking steps back in order before launching an allergen-free product.
- The right label: spot the errors slipped into mock labels before they leave for the shops.
Each activity opens and closes with a projected cinematic sequence, personalised for your teams. The facilitator sets the pace: nothing moves forward without them.
What the company gains
Teams aware of the allergen risk, fewer labelling errors and cross-contamination incidents, and better-protected consumers.
Eight in ten EU citizens (79%, up 6 percentage points) agree there are regulations in place to make sure that the food they eat is safe.
Staging written for you
In your client area, a form specific to this programme collects your content: it is built into the challenges and cinematic sequences, exactly as you provide it. The look uses your logo and your colours. Teams are formed on the spot or based on your organisation chart.
Follow-up, up to D+30
Your follow-up dashboard stays with the programme, from the order to the final results.
- After the session: the session report, with the gap between the opening and closing measures.
- At D+7: a reminder asks a few key questions again, and the D+7 report shows what has been retained.
- At D+30: a second reminder, and the D+30 report shows what holds over time.
The sources of this programme
The published research that this programme's games, measures and debriefs refer to. You can check every reference.
- Jackson, L. S., Al-Taher, F. M., Moorman, M., et al. (2008). Cleaning and other control and validation strategies to prevent allergen cross-contact in food-processing operations. Journal of Food Protection, 71(2), 445-458. 10.4315/0362-028X-71.2.445
- Bailey, S., Albardiaz, R., Frew, A. J., & Smith, H. (2011). Restaurant staff's knowledge of anaphylaxis and dietary care of people with allergies. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 41(5), 713-717. 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03748.x
- Ahuja, R., & Sicherer, S. H. (2007). Food-allergy management from the perspective of restaurant and food establishment personnel. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 98(4), 344-348. 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60880-0
- Allen, K. J., Turner, P. J., Pawankar, R., et al. (2014). Precautionary labelling of foods for allergen content: Are we ready for a global framework? World Allergy Organization Journal, 7, 10. 10.1186/1939-4551-7-10
- Gendel, S. M., & Zhu, J. (2013). Analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration food allergen recalls after implementation of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act. Journal of Food Protection, 76(11), 1933-1938. 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-171
- Edmondson, A. C. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44(2), 350-383. 10.2307/2666999
- Codex Alimentarius. Code of Practice on Food Allergen Management for Food Business Operators, CXC 80-2020 (norme).
- Règlement (UE) n° 1169/2011 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 25 octobre 2011 concernant l'information des consommateurs sur les denrées alimentaires (texte). eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/1169/oj
- Arrêté des ministres du commerce et de l'artisanat, de la santé publique, et de l'industrie, de l'énergie et des petites et moyennes entreprises du 3 septembre 2008, relatif à l'étiquetage et à la présentation des denrées alimentaires préemballées, JORT n° 73 du 9 septembre 2008 (texte).
- Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69-119. 10.1016/S0065-2601(06)38002-1
- Howard, G. S. (1980). Response-shift bias: A problem in evaluating interventions with pre/post self-reports. Evaluation Review, 4(1), 93-106. 10.1177/0193841X8000400105
Shared foundations (1 reference)
The mechanics of all our sessions (team play, the debrief, the before-and-after measure, spaced reminders) and the research that also underpins the other programmes in the same specialty or sector.
- Roediger, H. L., & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning. Psychological Science, 17(3), 249-255. 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01693.x
Before you book
How is a Corporate Solutions experience different from team building?
It starts from a business objective, not an activity: onboarding new hires, preventing a risk, bringing your commitments to life. It is staged for your company, with your content, your figures and your brand. Your teams play in person, on their phones, while a big screen tells the story and a facilitator runs the room. And it is followed up: the session report, then the D+7 and D+30 reminders in your client area.
Do we need to install an app?
No. Participants scan a QR code and play in their phone's browser. No account, no password, no installation. It works on iPhone and Android.
Is there a limit on the number of participants?
No. The platform adapts to your headcount, from a small team to the whole company, in one or several rooms.