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Under Standard 1.2.3 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, foods containing bee pollen, propolis or royal jelly must display a mandatory warning or advisory statement due to the risk of severe allergic reactions, including rare fatalities. A recent review…

Allergen Alert, a French biotechnology startup supported by bioMérieux, drew global attention by winning Best Startup at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), for a device that promises laboratory-grade allergen detection at the table. The battery-powered unit, reportedly scheduled for…

Following amendments to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code in 2021, the transition to Plain English Allergen Labelling (PEAL) has now reached its final milestone. The PEAL requirements were introduced under Proposal P1044 and incorporated into Standard 1.2.3 –…

The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) has updated its guidance on early introduction of solid foods to support food allergy prevention, based on new evidence. The advice applies to all babies, including those with eczema, existing food…

For parents of infants, allergen “starter packs” are marketed as a way to simplify the early introduction of allergenic foods, offering sachets of powdered allergens. However, concerns have been raised by paediatric allergy experts about whether these products truly make…

A U.S. man who died earlier this year after eating a beef burger is thought to be the first person to have succumbed to red meat allergy triggered by a tick bite.   The diagnosis was recently confirmed through post mortem…