Food – Kuwait

This notification concerns the conversion of the Gulf standard GSO 2605:2024, 'Disclosure of Food Allergens in Menus of Food Establishments Providing Food to Consumers Outside the Home', from a voluntary standard into a mandatory technical regulation. The draft technical regulation establishes requirements for the disclosure of food allergen ingredients in menus of food establishments that provide food to consumers outside the home, including physical menus, electronic menus, websites and electronic food-ordering platforms. The notified text includes amendments to clause 1.3.1 and clause 20.4. The amendment to clause 1.3.1 clarifies and expands the scope of application to include food establishments such as restaurants, cafés, bakeries, cafeterias, cloud kitchens, foods provided by productive families, mobile food trucks, and websites of the food establishments covered by the regulation, in addition to electronic food-ordering platforms. The amendment to clause 20.4 requires allergen information to be provided in Arabic and English, while allowing additional languages provided that the wording does not differ from the Arabic text. The draft regulation also includes a provision allowing food establishments, as an additional preventive measure, to provide epinephrine auto-injectors and antihistamines for responding to severe food allergy incidents, in accordance with applicable health regulations and requirements. Item no 26.4 The draft also includes requirements on clear and…