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New research finds that food allergens including egg, milk, wheat and peanut are already present in household dust before infants begin solid foods — supporting the dual allergen exposure hypothesis and raising important questions about how home environments influence allergy development.

For people managing food allergies, international travel presents significant challenges due to wide variation in how allergens are identified and communicated globally. New guidance from Global Food Rescue helps navigate these differences country by country.

The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) has released updated infant feeding guidelines, reaffirming the importance of early allergen introduction in reducing food allergy risk. While the shift toward introducing allergenic foods in infancy is not new, the…

In May, Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia led Food Allergy Week 2026 to help raise awareness of food allergy and anaphylaxis across Australia. Australia continues to have one of the highest rates of food allergy and hospital anaphylaxis admissions in the…

The prescription-only peanut allergy treatment Palforzia® will be discontinued on 31 July 2026, according to its manufacturer, Stallergenes Greer. The therapy received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020.  Palforzia is the only oral immunotherapy approved by the FDA for the treatment…

A recent study published in the Journal of Food Protection examined how, when reused, high levels of cashew allergens in frying and roasting oil can transfer to other foods. This sheds light on a potentially overlooked pathway for allergen exposure.…