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The Allergen Bureau is pleased to invite applicants for an AU$1,500 travel grant for postgraduate and early career researchers to attend and present at the 3rd Food Allergen Management Symposium 2019 (FAMS2019), Melbourne, Australia – 13-16 May 2019. The award will be selected…

The number of food recalls due to the undeclared presence of allergens rose by more than 25 per cent in Australia in 2018 compared with the previous year. In a media report accompanying the release of this data, Mark Booth,…

The Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council of Australia have funded research looking at which key nutrients are inadequate in the diets of those who avoid wheat due to unexplained gastro‐intestinal symptoms. The study, published by the Dietitians Association of Australia,…

Living on a farm appears to reduce the risk of allergic diseases in children, although not all studies concur. This disparity suggests that the protective effects may depend on a particular type of farming environment. Polish allergy expert Barbara Sozanska…

BRC Global Standards (BRCGS) company have just released the latest issue of the Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP) Global Standard. In the absence of a cure for coeliac disease and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, a strict gluten-free diet is needed to avoid…

An international research collaboration previously found that children with allergy to cow’s milk have markedly different bacteria in their gut than healthy children. To see if those differences contribute to the development of allergies, researchers have taken faecal samples from…