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The Allergen Bureau was delighted to receive the APAC Food Safety 2019 ‘Innovators in Food Safety Award’ for the Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL®) Program, including VITAL Online. The award was presented at the recent APAC Food Safety Conference…

Ai Group, the Allergen Bureau and Australian Food & Grocery Council, (AFGC) has been addressing the issue of milk (from cows milk) being inadvertently present in dark chocolate, following a milk-to-dark-chocolate production changeover. In working through this issue, we have…

The Allergen Bureau is delighted to announce this year’s winners of the AIFST and NZIFST Allergen Bureau Awards for best practice food allergen management. Sarah Proctor, Food Safety Coordinator Lion Dairy & Drinks, was selected as the winner of the…

The Allergen Bureau was pleased to award the 2019 Allergen Bureau travel grant for postgraduate or early career researchers to Hesrie van Heerden, Food & Allergy Consulting & Testing Services (FACTS), South Africa. Ms van Heerden’s poster abstract ‘Emerging allergen…

By Hesrie van Heerden, Food & Allergy Consulting & Testing Services, South Africa The 3rd Food Allergen Management Symposium (FAMS2019), Melbourne, 13-16 May 2019, was a remarkable event. From the first night delegates were warmly welcomed with the famous Australian…

Food Safety & Compliance Conference, New Zealand The Food Safety & Compliance Conference 2019, Auckland, 20th – 21st March 2019, brought together leading experts delivering insights on regulations, compliance, allergen, testing and more. The conference theme was ‘Meeting regulation, compliance…