Allergy Research
·Jan 30, 2018
Research funded by the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) and Victoria University has looked at anaphylaxis in Australasia from consumption of packaged food products with or without precautionary allergen labelling, where the known allergen triggers were not…
Allergy Research
·Jan 30, 2018
EU legislation introduced at the end of 2014 requires retailers of non-prepackaged foods to provide information regarding the content of one or more of 14 specified food allergens within their foods. Recent surveys have sought to determine if this legislation…
Allergy Research
·Jan 30, 2018
Several studies into the use of oral immunotherapy for the treatment of food allergies have shown promising short-term results. However, most have not provided meaningful protocols for maintenance doses, nor have they been followed up over long periods of time…
Allergy Research
·Jan 30, 2018
The Scientific Committee of the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) has recently issued an Opinion on reference doses for food allergens. Legal thresholds or reference doses for food allergens are yet to be set…
