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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…

Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), a leading US non-governmental organisation engaged in food allergy advocacy, has launched a multi-million dollar, multi-organisational research partnership project called the Start Eating Early Diet (SEED) study. The SEED study follows on from the Learning…

An updated version of The Food Industry Guide to the Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL®) Program Version 3.0 is now available at the Allergen Bureau website. This October 2020 version of the VITAL Guide replaces the October 2019 version.…

Gluten intolerance encompasses several types of gluten-related disorders, most notably coeliac disease. Avoidance of gluten in the diet is the cornerstone of coeliac disease management and therefore analysis to detect and quantitate gluten from wheat, rye, barley, and oats constitutes…

Nestlé Health Science has entered into an agreement to buy Aimmune Therapeutics, the company that developed and launched the only FDA-approved treatment for peanut allergy. Palforzia® is an oral immunotherapy designed to help reduce the frequency and severity of allergic…

The National Allergy Strategy has developed and launched a new ‘All about Allergens’  free online training program for hospital food service providers, ward staff and volunteers. The new training program was launched by the Hon Greg Hunt, Minister for Health,…