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Studying the behaviour of various types, sizes and shapes of food particles has helped researchers to identify key characteristics of particulate allergens that cause cross-contact risks in food production facilities. Particles including mustard seeds, sesame seeds, hazelnut pieces, walnut pieces…

The European Commission has approved the Aimmune Therapeutics drug PALFORZIA®, making it Europe’s first approved peanut allergy therapy. This comes nine months after PALFORZIA was approved by the US FDA for use in children aged four to 17 with a…

Food labels are often assessed for compliance with food allergen labelling requirements, but researchers in the Netherlands have recently taken a different approach: they have assessed the effectiveness of allergen labels as a form of communication. This new perspective has…

The Allergen Bureau is pleased to announce the launch of the 2021 Unexpected Allergens in Food guidance document. This guide provides the food industry with a list of foods, ingredients and raw materials that may unexpectedly contain allergens. It also…

Australian-based researchers have recently published a study into prevalence, type, and accuracy of allergen labelling information on 429 imported pre-packaged food products imported from Mainland China sold in Sydney, Australia. Over a quarter of the products were found to pose…

The U.S. Senate has passed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act. As the Senate bill has slightly different wording from the bill that passed in the House of Representatives a few weeks earlier, there must now…