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The UK Secretary of State, Michael Gove, has met with allergen groups and retailers to discuss proposed changes in the law around allergen labelling. The roundtable meeting with allergy groups, specialists and industry stakeholders, to discuss options for the introduction…

The Allergen Testing Special Interest Group (AT-SIG) was first convened as a joint initiative of the Allergen Bureau and the National Measurement Institute (NMI) to provide an opportunity for those involved in allergen analysis to meet and discuss the complexities…

Studies have suggested the prevalence of sesame allergies in the US is more than 0.1 percent, which is a similar rate to soy allergy or fish allergy. As the first step in the process of determining whether sesame will become…

Development of the world’s leading potential coeliac disease vaccine, Nexvax2®, has progressed, with the company ImmusanT Inc. initiating a Phase 2 study in people with coeliac disease living in Australia and New Zealand. The study aims to further assess safety,…

 Elsevier, and the editors of the official journals of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), have made several recent food allergy research articles free to access until 30 November 2018. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,…

UK-based international sandwich shop, Pret a Manger, is in the spotlight following the allergy-related deaths of two customers in recent years. With over 500 shops in nine countries selling 218 million products a year, perhaps more was expected of the…