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The U.S. Senate has passed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act. As the Senate bill has slightly different wording from the bill that passed in the House of Representatives a few weeks earlier, there must now…

Australia lacks a structured reporting system to capture data on the incidence of anaphylaxis, so the true incidence of anaphylaxis is unknown. An anaphylaxis notification scheme was recently established in Victoria but is only available in that state. Researchers in…

Eurofins Technologies has issued a press release announcing the launch of their SENSIStrip lateral flow product range for rapid detection of food allergens. According to the media report, SENSIStrip Allergen kits are based on the concept of an immunoassay which,…

The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code requires sesame to be labelled when it is present in foods as an ingredient, a component of food additives, or a component of processing aids. However, in the US, the Food and Drug…

Challenges in Precautionary Allergen Labelling (PAL) was a topic of conversation at the recent Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting (FAAM), held online in October 2020. Sabine Schnadt, a representative of a German patient advocacy group, presented data, examples and possible…

The Allergen Bureau is pleased to announce that Woolworths New Zealand was selected as the winner of the 2020 NZIFST Allergen Bureau Award for best practice food allergen management in New Zealand. The award was presented to Stella Stacey on…