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The FAMS Organising Committee is most excited to announce a confirmed date for the 5th Food Allergen Management Symposium (FAMS) to be held across 3 days from 30th May to 1st June 2023.  As promised in our closing comments to 2021’s virtual symposium, FAMS23…

The increasing use of plant-based proteins has seen greater uptake of lupin in the worldwide food market. While less than one percent of the Australian population is believed to have a lupin allergy, reports of lupin allergy are increasing globally.…

In a recent Food Safety Magazine article, Ignacio Garamendi, the Executive Director for International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Europe, asks “With allergies and their health impacts on the rise, what can we do to help improve food safety and health?”…

A coconut-based yoghurt product used by UK sandwich shop Pret a Manger to make a vegan wrap is the centre of attention in the inquest into the 2017 anaphylaxis death of 42-year-old mother of five, Celia Marsh. The inquest has…

In one of his last official public engagements before acceding to the throne, King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, hosted a global symposium of allergy scientists. There, King Charles announced his determination to develop a partnership between his philanthropic…

Woolworths and Coles will both start selling a new range of sandwich spreads that are free from the top 10 allergens, developed by two Melbourne dads who wanted to increase the lunchbox options for food-allergic kids. The supermarket deals, reportedly…