Consumers have the right to choose what they want to eat.
Some people choose not to eat meat and animal products, others choose not to eat genetically modified foods. For certain people, eating foods containing products such as nuts can result in illness and in extreme cases, death. This is why food labelling is such an important area. There is no legal requirement to label foods as suitable for vegetarians or suitable for those with food allergies. Labelling of certain dishes in a restaurant for example is on purely a voluntary basis.