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Lab-based allergen analysis is a powerful tool to assist in robust and effective allergen management, but the use of the incorrect method or technique may actually increase the risk for both a food production site and the allergic consumer.  Understanding the choices and the limitations of analysis can assist food producers to develop a robust analysis program to support…

Two companies are competing for a peanut therapy market that is said to be around $US3 billion. Both are seeking approval from US regulators to start selling their products, which aim to reduce the severity of peanut allergy reactions. Phase…

Allergic reactions to “alpha-gal” – a sugar found in the blood of many mammals – are on the rise, and it’s a phenomenon that has captured much recent media attention. Although alpha-gal in meat usually poses no problems for humans,…

Studies have suggested the prevalence of sesame allergies in the US is more than 0.1 percent, which is a similar rate to soy allergy or fish allergy. As the first step in the process of determining whether sesame will become…

Allergists in Korea have explored one patient’s apparent anaphylactic reaction to Coca-Cola and reported what they believe to be the world’s first confirmed allergy to fructose. A young woman had experienced allergy symptoms and loss of consciousness after drinking Coca-Cola,…

There are calls for more stringent labelling measures after a study of consumer group Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia members showed many have suffered anaphylactic reactions after eating foods that were not labelled for the suspected allergen. During a nine month…