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President Biden has signed into law a food allergy labelling bill – The Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research (FASTER) Act. This mandates the labelling of sesame in plain English language on all packaged foods sold in the US beginning January 1, 2023. It is…

A series of conditional recommendations for managing food allergy in childcare centres and schools has been made by a group of scientists following systematic literature reviews of the anticipated health effects of selected interventions. Lifting blanket bans on food allergens…

Early introduction to allergenic foods like eggs and peanuts has been found to help prevent food allergies in specific groups of infants. Ready, Set, Food, a US-based start-up that provides a daily supplement to gradually introduce babies to the top nine allergens,…

A new study has added to the growing evidence base that rates of coeliac disease are rising, yet many people are not diagnosed. By screening almost 6,000 Italian children aged 5 – 11 years, 1.6 per cent were found to have…

The Food Allergen Management Symposium 2021 is open to post event registration and access to the recordings of the presentations. For those that attended FAMS2021, all presentation recordings are available for viewing – simply use your existing log in details.…

NZIFST The NZIFST Conference 2021 will be held at the Palmerston North Convention Centre on Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th July 2021. The conference theme is Food-With Care Kai – me te whakaaro nui. Allergen Bureau Director, Debbie Hawkes (Hawkins…