Allergy Research
·May 26, 2022
In the European Union, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) underpins the response and recall process when risks to public health are detected in the food chain. Analysis of the RASFF food allergen data has shown surprising…
Industry News
·Apr 20, 2022
The Australian Federal Budget has announced a $26.9 million investment over 4 years to address allergy and anaphylaxis. The funding will lead to the creation of two vital organisations, the National Allergy Council (NAC) and National Allergy Centre of Excellence…
Allergy Research
·Apr 20, 2022
The ILSI Europe Expert Group (EG) on food allergen quantitative risk assessment (QRA) has been working towards achieving consensus on the methods needed for allergen QRAs by food business operators, and their implementation. The EG have now published an introduction…
Member News
·Apr 20, 2022
Worldwide, the food industry needs to advance understanding and knowledge sharing in allergen management, especially peanut allergen detection. This is the view of Guangtao Zhang, Ph.D., Director of the Mars Global Food Safety Centre (GFSC) presented in an insightful Q&A…
Allergy Research
·Mar 22, 2022
In the world’s first known study of its kind, most adults diagnosed with food allergy were found to not follow the dietary advice they had been given by a health professional. Several underlying reasons were found, offering health professionals an…
Allergy Research
·Mar 22, 2022
Peanut-coated microneedles have been shown to offer better food allergen immunotherapy in early studies carried out on preclinical models. A microneedle device is worn like a band aid and delivers treatments directly through the skin barrier. As well as being…
