Shortly thereafter, the National Food Processors Assoc. released an industry "Code of Practice" for managing food allergens, calling for NFPA members to:

Label, in terms consumers can understand, major food allergens.

Use good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and allergen-control strategies to minimize potential cross contact of major food allergens.

If GMPs or other allergen-control strategies are unreliable, ingredient declarations or supplementary information would be appropriate.

Continue to develop processing, analytical and operational strategies to reduce the risk to allergic consumers of ingesting food allergens.