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On February 25th Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) announced new requirements for allergen labelling on packaged foods. These changes have now been included within Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code and will help ensure mandatory food allergen declarations are…

Most people with food allergy don’t know what ‘May Contain’ labels actually mean Over 3,000 people with diagnosed food allergy were asked a series of questions related to food shopping and labelling as part of a recent study in the…

The Allergen Bureau Mission is to lead the global food industry in best practice allergen management, sharing information that builds trust and transparency that supports allergen sensitive consumers to make informed choices. Speaking at food industry events about the Allergen…

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has been working since 2018 on a proposal to make food allergen labelling clearer and more consistent. The aim is to help people with food allergies make informed choices and support food businesses to get…

The European Commission has approved the Aimmune Therapeutics drug PALFORZIA®, making it Europe’s first approved peanut allergy therapy. This comes nine months after PALFORZIA was approved by the US FDA for use in children aged four to 17 with a…

Food labels are often assessed for compliance with food allergen labelling requirements, but researchers in the Netherlands have recently taken a different approach: they have assessed the effectiveness of allergen labels as a form of communication. This new perspective has…