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Oral food challenges to diagnose food allergies are expensive, time-consuming and put the patient at risk of suffering an allergic reaction. Researchers have previously developed an algorithm that may reduce the number of oral food challenges required for diagnosis by…

The Allergen Bureau is pleased to announce that Woolworths New Zealand was selected as the winner of the 2020 NZIFST Allergen Bureau Award for best practice food allergen management in New Zealand. The award was presented to Stella Stacey on…

The Food Allergen Management Symposium is the premier Southern Hemisphere symposium dedicated to assembling the world’s best minds on food allergen management. FAMS brings together a program covering the latest in food allergen management and is targeted at everyone working…

Codex Alimentarius is the food standards-setting body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). At their most recent meeting, held virtually for the first time in history, a Code of Practice…

When assessing food allergy risks, it’s generally assumed that when people with food allergy eat a food product, the amounts eaten will be comparable to that of non-allergic individuals. Whether this assumption is correct or not is critically important to…

Between April and September 2020, a local council in Wales, UK, conducted an investigation into businesses selling hot drinks dispensed from vending machines due to allegations of cross-contact allergen risks. The investigators claim to have found five out of the…