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On Monday 12th of July the ‘United States’ legislation in VITAL® Online was updated from v3.1.4 (previous version) to v3.1.5 (updated version) to add sesame to the list of allergens available in the legislation. Each recipe created in VITAL® Online…

The Allergen Bureau is thrilled to welcome Chobani as our newest Full Member company. Chobani was founded on the belief that people have great taste; they just need great options. It is this belief that brought Chobani to Australia—home to…

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…