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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…

At a recent update on national progress in the management of allergies, Associate Professor Richard Loh, Co-Chair of the National Allergy Strategy Steering Committee and paediatric clinical immunology/allergy specialist, encouraged the Australian Government to maintain their commitment to addressing the…

The second MoniQA conference on food fraud and allergen management took place in Vienna in June 2018. For those who weren’t there, a book of abstracts has been published and a comprehensive conference report has been prepared by the UK…

The Allergen Bureau is delighted to announce that Sue Wilkinson, Robern Menz, was selected as the winner of the 2018 AIFST Allergen Bureau ‘Julie Newlands Award’ for best practice food allergen management in Australia. The award was presented to Sue…

The National Allergy Strategy has launched the pilot phase of ‘Nip Allergies in the Bub’ – a food allergy prevention project funded by the Australian Government. The project is the first in the world to promote feeding children the common allergy…

Latest research released by the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA), in partnership with the charities Allergy UK and the Anaphylaxis Campaign, has shown that 60 per cent of young British consumers with a food allergy or intolerance avoid eating out…