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Woolworths and Coles will both start selling a new range of sandwich spreads that are free from the top 10 allergens, developed by two Melbourne dads who wanted to increase the lunchbox options for food-allergic kids. The supermarket deals, reportedly…

Consumers need to know what’s in their food and customers need to know what product they’re moving around their warehouse, but as technology advances what’s the role of traditional labels in the food chain? foodmanufacture.co.uk has published a thought-provoking article…

A recent article in Food Safety News reports that undeclared allergens accounted for almost half of Australian food recalls in 2021, according to FSANZ data. Figures from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) show 38 of the 80 recalls were…

Hot off the Allergen Bureau press is the launch of the new Assessing Agricultural Cross Contact 2022 guide – created by industry, for industry. Years in the making, we are thrilled to launch this brand-new industry guide at the 2022…

Risk assessment forms the basis of allergen management. But despite the development of robust allergen risk assessment approaches, practical use of these is not yet widespread in the food industry. The ILSI Expert Group on ‘Food Allergen Quantitative Risk Assessment…

As focus on insects as a food source intensifies, researchers from the James Cook University are working with the Australian Government’s National Measurement Institute (NMI) to identify insect proteins that may be potential allergens. This information is being used to…