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The Allergen Bureau is thrilled to welcome IXOM as our newest Full Member company.  The IXOM business is a market leader in water treatment and chemical distribution in Australia and New Zealand, with an increasing presence throughout Southeast Asia and North…

In our recent Assessing Agricultural Cross Contact webinar a member asked us a great question – is there a possible risk of cross contact with crop rotation in Australian sugar? With further investigation, we were able to find out via…

The FAMS Organising Committee is most excited to announce a confirmed date for the 5th Food Allergen Management Symposium (FAMS) to be held across 3 days from 30th May to 1st June 2023.  As promised in our closing comments to 2021’s virtual symposium, FAMS23…

In celebration of our 10th AGM, it was so great to host our first face to face AGM since the pandemic, October 27 at the VIBE hotel North Sydney. The meeting was also available virtually. After the official welcome to…

The increasing use of plant-based proteins has seen greater uptake of lupin in the worldwide food market. While less than one percent of the Australian population is believed to have a lupin allergy, reports of lupin allergy are increasing globally.…

Despite high uptake of early peanut introduction among Australia infants after the 2016 guideline changes, more still needs to be done to prevent the development of peanut allergy. The allergy experts at Melbourne’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute have described the…