Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 (FIC-INCO) updates, simplifies, harmonises and improves information and understanding with regards to food labelling in Europe. It applies to everyone in the food industry, including school canteens. The regulation improves visibility and legibility concerning the 14 allergenic foods that must necessarily be labelled when present in a product. Allergen information on non-prepacked foods must also be made available to consumers. This regulation is designed to facilitate management of children with food allergies attending school, although the readability of the allergen list requires further improvement and use of precautionary labelling must be more clearly circumscribed. Therapeutic education programs for food allergy patients should take into account the information set out in the regulation. It is vital that the public authorities ensure that these provisions are followed in reality and that canteen staff receive training on the correct implementation of the regulation. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.