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Researchers have tested the levels of gluten cross-contact caused by sharing kitchen equipment when preparing gluten free food. The details of their study have been published in an Open Access paper. Three scenarios were tested in a simulated home kitchen environment.…

Guidance relating to the food allergen labelling laws in USA currently lists coconut as a tree nut that must be declared when present in a food product. The Coconut Coalition of the Americas has gone public with its intention to…

Nanoparticle technology that has taken decades to develop has shown promising results in a Phase II trial that indicates it may help people with coeliac disease to safely eat gluten. For the Phase II study, treatment was tested against a…

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has commissioned a report that provides scientific advice on the risk assessment of undeclared allergens in foods. This advice is intended to inform the urgency and extent of any remedial action (such as…

Two papers from The Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM) project have presented more information about how consumers with food allergies make decisions based on precautionary labelling, and how such labelling systems can be improved. An…

With rates of allergy continuing to rise in most parts of the developed world, the factors driving the increase are still largely unknown. A large meta-analysis by researchers in South Australia has looked at the associations between birth weight (corrected…