Written disclosure duty
Covered chain restaurants owe a written major-food-allergen disclosure per item, effective July 1, 2026. Every in-scope standard item gets a Big-9 call or an explicit HOLD.
The most rigorous §114093.5 allergen disclosure a multi-unit brand can put on its menu.
AllergenPack assembles a documentation-complete Menu Allergen Completeness Pack — an item-level Big-9 Matrix, print-ready disclosure copy, the non-digital Written Alternative, the channel checklist, and a source-trace appendix — every allergen call backed by a source span from your own recipes and released by a named culinary/allergen-ops specialist.
Every Big-9 call tied to a source spanSesame always its own columnEvidence-only mapping — absence is Unknown, never a guessed NoNamed specialist releases every pack10-business-day pack SLA
Why disclosures fail
Sesame hides in a marinade, and nobody has mapped the menu.
Since July 1, 2026, any restaurant brand with 20+ same-name US locations and a California door carries a written Big-9 allergen disclosure duty under Cal. Health & Safety Code §114093.5 — per item, across every channel, with a non-digital written alternative required whenever any channel is digital.
But the evidence that should drive that disclosure lives in scattered recipe cards and supplier specs, sesame hides in glazes and marinades, and nobody has mapped a full Big-9 Matrix against the current menu. A supplier swaps a formulation and the disclosure silently goes stale.
AllergenPack closes that gap with one evidence-only standard applied identically to every item, every channel, every release.
9
major allergens that must be called on every in-scope item — sesame included
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of SB 68 — provision by provision.
We do not summarize the statute and hope. Every pack is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of California's written allergen disclosure law and its coverage test. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
Non-digital written alternative
Whenever any deployment channel is digital or QR-based, a non-digital written alternative is required. A digital channel with no written alternative is a hard fail that blocks release.
The nine allergens
The statutory definition of the nine major food allergens governs the Matrix — sesame is tracked as its own category, never folded into another.
Coverage test
SB 68 mirrors the federal menu-labeling trigger — 20+ same-name US locations with substantially the same menu — applied as the coverage test, with at least one California location.
Penalty range
California Retail Food Code violations generally run as a misdemeanor, $25-$1,000 and/or up to six months — the exposure a complete, deployed disclosure is built to close the openings for.
Continuing violation
Each day of a continuing violation may constitute a separate offense — which is why drift between channels is treated as a defect, not a footnote.
How a pack is built
Recipes to release, with a specialist gate the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts ingredients with verbatim source spans. Deterministic rules run the Big-9 mapping. A named culinary/allergen-ops specialist clears every exception and signs every release. That order is never reversed.
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Intake: send recipes and specs
Send recipe cards, supplier specification sheets, current menus, and your channel inventory. Ambiguous item matches go to a human, not a guess.
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Extract with source spans
AI pulls the Big-9-relevant ingredients from every document, each with a verbatim source span and a confidence score. Anything without a source routes to specialist triage.
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Map with deterministic rules
Big-9 calls run through versioned rules, not model judgment alone: no blank cells, sesame always its own column, and absence of evidence is Unknown — never a guessed No.
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Specialist release gate
A named culinary/allergen-ops specialist clears every Exception Queue item — resolved with evidence, or marked HOLD — and signs the release record before anything ships.
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Deliver and check
The PDF pack and an editable Matrix land the same day as release, with a 30-minute deployment walkthrough, a channel checklist, and a 30-day deployment confirmation check.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Specialist-released
Nothing auto-releases, regardless of AI confidence.
9 of 9
Allergens mapped
Every in-scope item carries all nine calls, sesame in its own column.
10 days
Pack SLA
From completeness-gate pass to a released Completeness Pack.
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Guessed calls
No source span, no call — the item ships as an explicit HOLD instead.
Why AllergenPack
A production service, not a data-entry tool.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is completeness itself — every Big-9 cell sourced or explicitly held. A recipe platform stores what your team types in; at 20-120 locations, nobody has typed in every supplier substitution.
Evidence-only, by rule
No ingredient call ships without a cited source span, and deterministic rules — not a model's confidence — enforce completeness. The Matrix is one a reviewer won't unwind.
In its lane, on purpose
AllergenPack produces an evidence-based completeness pack. It is not a law firm or a clinical provider, issues no allergen-free certification, and the brand/Person in Charge stays legally responsible for accuracy and deployment under the California Retail Food Code.
Engagement
Per pack, per refresh. Never hourly, never a fine-avoidance contingency.
Outcome-based pricing for completeness-pack production — not for a legal or financial outcome — anchored against a few months of menu-audit SaaS spend.
- A free Menu Allergen Gap Scan — submit a public menu URL or PDF and get an itemized gap report within 2 business days, no obligation.
- Brand Completeness Pack: $2,500-$12,000 by item count and channel complexity (founding cohort $1,990-$4,900).
- Quarterly Refresh Retainer, $1,200-$3,500 per quarter, to keep the Matrix and change-control log current against supplier substitutions and LTO items.
- Optional Delivery-Channel Sync and Franchisee Print Kit add-ons to keep every surface matched to the released Matrix.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Do you certify our menu as allergen-free?
No — and that boundary is the design. AllergenPack produces an evidence-based Completeness Pack from the documentation you supply. It issues no allergen-free certification and no clinical claim; you remain the brand/Person in Charge of record, responsible for accuracy and deployment under the California Retail Food Code.
Are we going to be defending an AI-drafted disclosure?
No Big-9 call ships without a cited source span. AI extracts and drafts from structured input only; deterministic rules enforce completeness; a named culinary/allergen-ops specialist signs every release. If a source isn't attached, the item ships as an explicit HOLD.
What makes a pack 'complete'?
Every in-scope standard item carries all nine allergen calls, each traced to a source span; sesame has its own column; any digital channel has its required written alternative; and a named specialist has cleared every exception and signed the release. Hard fails block release rather than shipping a guess.
What if a supplier won't provide the missing spec?
We chase with two courteous, templated requests five business days apart. If still silent, the item ships marked HOLD with the exact evidence needed to clear it — never a guessed call, and never hourly chase billing.
How are you priced?
Per pack and per retainer term, on published bands — never hourly, and never a contingency on avoided fines or litigation, which is a framing we prohibit here.
See the gaps before an inspector does.
Run the free Menu Allergen Gap Scan — submit a public menu URL or PDF and we'll return an itemized read against the SB 68 coverage test and your Big-9 exposure within 2 business days.
Documentation-support service · not legal or medical advice · no allergen-free certification · the brand deploys every disclosure.
[PLACEHOLDER] First-cohort pack turnaround time — published here once real restaurant clients complete an intake-to-delivered-pack cycle. No SLA number is claimed before it is measured.
[PLACEHOLDER] First restaurant reference — added only with a named pilot client's written permission. AllergenPack never invents a testimonial or a logo.
[PLACEHOLDER] Total menu allergen packs delivered to date — a live, auditable count once real packs have shipped, never estimated.