Industry News
·Aug 25, 2020
We know that aiming for zero risk from unintended allergens for food‐allergic people is not realistic, yet to-date there is no consensus about what level of risk is acceptable. In a recent journal article, a collective of experts in this…
Allergy Research
·Aug 25, 2020
It was previously thought best to delay the introduction of key allergenic foods like peanut and egg at least until after a child’s first birthday. Evidence now suggests that introducing such foods in the first 6-12 months reduces allergy risk.…
Industry News
·Jul 29, 2020
The allergy-protective effects of exposure to dirt and ‘germs’ during childhood is a key part of the hygiene hypothesis that aims to explain why allergies are now more prevalent than ever. Several past studies have shown children who grow up…
Allergy Research
·Jun 29, 2020
Melbourne’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) is currently recruiting young participants for a trial to explore whether slowly introducing egg proteins into a child’s diet with a probiotic could put their allergy into remission. Eighty children and adolescents aged five…
Allergy Research
·Jun 29, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration in the USA has issued guidance to food manufacturers to provide temporary regulatory flexibility in food labelling requirements under certain circumstances. This is designed to help minimise the impact of supply chain disruptions associated with…
Allergy Research
·May 27, 2020
Risk assessment approaches based on food allergen thresholds were introduced some time ago to underpin action levels for precautionary allergen labelling. New threshold dose data has now been published for the most significant food allergens. In 2007, the Allergen Bureau…
