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Are you ready to be certified? VITAL certified that is! Did you know that the Allergen Bureau has a VITAL Standard – an auditable version of our globally recognised VITAL (Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling) Program? The VITAL Program is…

The Allergen Bureau Mission is to lead the global food industry in best practice allergen management, sharing information that builds trust and transparency that supports allergen sensitive consumers to make informed choices. Speaking at food industry events about the Allergen…

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has been working since 2018 on a proposal to make food allergen labelling clearer and more consistent. The aim is to help people with food allergies make informed choices and support food businesses to get…

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…