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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…

Mustard belongs to the Brassicaceae family which also includes canola. It is a priority food allergen in Canada and therefore packaged foods sold in Canada must declare mustard on the label if it is present. In 2016, Health Canada advised the…

Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT), which involves daily micro-dosing with peanut protein, has been shown to desensitize some people with peanut allergy. Research is still needed to determine the optimal treatment regime in terms of OIT dose and duration that will…