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Experts are delving further into the impact of early introduction strategies on childhood food allergies, with several initiatives currently underway to bring better understanding of prevention strategies and more widespread adoption of the latest clinical recommendations. The TrEAT Trial at…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) relating to the enforcement policy for labelling major food allergens, including allergens that are unintentionally present. The draft CPG reflects the FDA’s updated thinking based…

Did you know that our Director Jasmine Lacis-Lee together with Dr Simon Brooke-Taylor and Allergen Bureau manager Lisa Clark have published ‘Allergens as a Food Safety Hazard: Identifying and Communicating the Risk’ as one of the stand-alone chapters published online…

In what is thought to be the first use of mRNA for an allergic disease, scientists from the University of California, USA, have developed a novel medicine that could potentially treat peanut allergies.   Taking inspiration from COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as…

Unintended presence of milk in food products is one of the most common causes for food recalls. A new, rapid LC-MS method to measure milk allergens has been developed, aiming to improve the performance of routine testing of milk at…

Eating out and using home meal replacement services in Japan pose a risk to people with food allergies due to the lack of allergen labelling regulations for these settings.   A web-based survey carried out in August-September 2021 collected data for…