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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…

The US State of Illinois has mandated that packaged foods sold there indicate the presence of sesame on their labels. This comes as the FDA is still considering whether to add sesame to its list of major allergens that must…

The Allergen Bureau was delighted to receive the APAC Food Safety 2019 ‘Innovators in Food Safety Award’ for the Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL®) Program, including VITAL Online. The award was presented at the recent APAC Food Safety Conference…

Ai Group, the Allergen Bureau and Australian Food & Grocery Council, (AFGC) has been addressing the issue of milk (from cows milk) being inadvertently present in dark chocolate, following a milk-to-dark-chocolate production changeover. In working through this issue, we have…

The Allergen Bureau is delighted to announce this year’s winners of the AIFST and NZIFST Allergen Bureau Awards for best practice food allergen management. Sarah Proctor, Food Safety Coordinator Lion Dairy & Drinks, was selected as the winner of the…