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Australian Food Safety Week 2021 was held from 13 – 20 November 2021. This year’s theme ‘Food safety – be prepared’ is aimed at building resilience in the community, especially after disasters, by setting up a basic food safety toolkit…

The Allergen Bureau was proud to convene an afternoon session at the 2021 AIFST Food Science Convention to provide industry with an ANZ and European view on allergen management and labelling. Kirsten Grinter (Nestlé), Jasmine Lacis-Lee (BVAQ) and Georgina Christensen…

Across Australia, there are differences in school allergy policies, guidelines, staff-training requirements, and incident reporting. Confusion caused by these variations puts children with allergy at greater risk. Following two years of development, new guidelines have been released by the National…

A new study found that the way kids with food allergies are asked about bullying gives a more accurate picture of the size and scope of the problem. Using this method has shown One in three kids with food allergies…

Sixty-six countries across 5 continents require by law that certain allergenic ingredients must be declared on labels when used in pre-packaged foods. However, across the different countries and regions, there are significant variations in which allergens must be labelled and…

Allergen Bureau’s President Kirsten Grinter recently presented on the VITAL Program at the Finnish Society of Food Sciences. Kirsten covered the key components of the VITAL program including cross contact allergens, reference doses and amounts, action levels and precautionary allergen…