---
title: "Allergen management overview"
slug: "bc-allergen-management"
description: "Manage allergens effectively with our module, ensuring compliance and visibility across processes in food production. Trace allergen history with ease."
tags: ["BC", "Business Central", "Food", "Introduction"]
updated: 2026-06-25T07:55:35Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:17Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-allergen-management"
---

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# Allergen management overview

To support compliance with legislation and customer requirements on allergen management, and to provide quick access to allergen information from Food Manufacturing & Distribution, an allergen management module is included.

Use this module to enter the allergens you want to report on to stakeholders, assign allergens to items, unapproved items, and BOMs, and gain visibility into allergen presence across several processes in Food Manufacturing & Distribution.

The basic premise is that allergens present in an item are always transferred to Anywhere Mobility Solutions item that uses that item as input in a production run. The system can execute this so-called rollup, which updates all allergen information at all levels.

When items are purchased or produced, there is a possible risk of cross-contamination, for example, when production of a non-allergen item takes place in the same room where allergen-containing items are processed. You can enter this risk against either an item or a BOM as the type "May contain." This indicates that an allergen could be present in an item, but in very low quantities.

The system retains changes to allergen information at the item level in the form of allergen history. This history details changes to the allergen content of items and BOMs (for both allergens and "may contains"), together with a date/time stamp and the current user. In this way, traceability of allergen information is maintained.

The following table describes the areas of allergen management within Food Manufacturing & Distribution with links to the detailed topics.

| To | See |
| --- | --- |
| Read more about the detailed setup of allergens | [Set up allergens in Food Manufacturing & Distribution](/business-central/docs/bc-setting-up-allergens-in-food-for-business-central) |
| Read more about allergen entry and visibility on items and unapproved items | [Link and view allergens and items](/business-central/docs/bc-link-and-view-allergens-and-items) |
| Read more about allergen entry and visibility on BOM | [Link and view allergens and BOMs](/business-central/docs/bc-link-and-view-allergens-and-boms) |
| Read more about where visibility on allergen information is available | [View allergen information on pages](/business-central/docs/bc-view-allergen-information-on-pages) |
| Read more about Allergen Management & Item Lifecycles | [Set up an item/allergen lifecycle](/business-central/docs/bc-set-up-an-item-allergen-lifecycle) |

## Related

- [Set up allergens in Food Manufacturing & Distribution](/bc-setting-up-allergens-in-food-for-business-central.md)
- [Link and view allergens and items](/bc-link-and-view-allergens-and-items.md)
- [Link and view allergens and BOMs](/bc-link-and-view-allergens-and-boms.md)
- [View allergen information on pages](/bc-view-allergen-information-on-pages.md)
- [Set up an item/allergen lifecycle](/bc-set-up-an-item-allergen-lifecycle.md)
- [Item setup & inventory](/bc-item-setup-inventory.md)