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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…

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…

Australia lacks a structured reporting system to capture data on the incidence of anaphylaxis, so the true incidence of anaphylaxis is unknown. An anaphylaxis notification scheme was recently established in Victoria but is only available in that state. Researchers in…

Eurofins Technologies has issued a press release announcing the launch of their SENSIStrip lateral flow product range for rapid detection of food allergens. According to the media report, SENSIStrip Allergen kits are based on the concept of an immunoassay which,…

The Allergen Bureau is delighted to welcome One Harvest as a new Full Member company. The One Harvest family’s connection to Australian produce began in the early 1930’s where the Robson family traded fruits and vegetables from the Ipswich Markets…