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Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency has added almonds to the list of allergenic foods that it recommends be listed on food labels if present, and walnut has been designated as a food subject to mandatory labelling. The changes come following the…

Accurate food allergen labelling relies on evidence-based risk assessment. This process helps predict whether or not the amount of an allergen that may be present in a product due to cross-contact could pose a danger to someone with food allergy.…

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has commissioned a report that provides scientific advice on the risk assessment of undeclared allergens in foods. This advice is intended to inform the urgency and extent of any remedial action (such as…

Two papers from The Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM) project have presented more information about how consumers with food allergies make decisions based on precautionary labelling, and how such labelling systems can be improved. An…

On 14th October 2019, the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology held a Workshop on Food Allergen Management and Control in Beijing, China. The event was opened by Dr Junshi Chen from the China National Centre for Food Safety…

The Allergen Bureau is pleased to make available the Summary of the 2019 VITAL Scientific Expert Panel Recommendations. The VITAL Scientific Expert Panel (VSEP) met in late 2018 and early 2019 to develop new recommended Reference Doses for the Allergen…