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The Allergen Bureau is thrilled to be collaborating with the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) to offer the inaugural Allergen Bureau ‘Julie Newlands’ Award for best practice food allergen management, to be presented at the AIFST Convention…

The Allergen Bureau is delighted to welcome the Almond Board of California as a new Full Member organisation. Almond Board of California has upgraded their previous Associate Member level membership in recognition of both the greater benefits available and the…

Australia’s 2018 Allergy Week saw the launch of a free smartphone app to help manage food allergy in children. The new app, Allergy Pal, can be used to provide instant access to a child’s ASCIA Action Plan, as well as…

The Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM) project set out to develop evidence-based approaches and tools for management of allergens in food, and to use this knowledge to help food allergic consumers manage their condition. A…

Following a twelve-month transition period from the date of gazettal, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is reminding food businesses that mandatory allergen labelling requirements for lupin commenced on 26 May 2018. FSANZ CEO, Mark Booth, said lupin is a…

People with coeliac disease are advised to entirely eliminate gluten from their diet to avoid intestinal inflammation and other chronic illnesses. However, a new study indicates that many people following a gluten free diet accidentally consume gluten at levels that…