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An Aldi supermarket chocolate Easter bunny that was labelled with the ‘Dairy Fine’ brand has caused an anaphylactic reaction for a dairy-allergic Melbourne woman who misread the label and thought it was a dairy free product. The woman maintains the…

The Allergen Bureau is pleased to invite applicants for an AU$1,500 travel grant for postgraduate and early career researchers to attend and present at the 3rd Food Allergen Management Symposium 2019 (FAMS2019), Melbourne, Australia – 13-16 May 2019. The award will be selected…

The number of food recalls due to the undeclared presence of allergens rose by more than 25 per cent in Australia in 2018 compared with the previous year. In a media report accompanying the release of this data, Mark Booth,…

A small study carried out in Norway has uncovered a link between enterovirus (a common intestinal virus) in early childhood and the subsequent development of coeliac disease in children who have a genetic predisposition to the condition. From 2001 to…

The 3rd Food Allergen Management Symposium (FAMS2019), is an assembly of the best minds across the spectrum of food allergen management. Anyone with an interest in food allergen management – and if you are reading this, then that means you…

The ABC’s Catalyst program setup a pop-up allergy clinic in Sydney with expert immunologists Professor Dianne Campbell and Professor Connie Katelaris to help uncover why Australia is ‘the allergy capital of the world’, and to look at the latest science…