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The Allergen Bureau and the Australian Food and Grocery Council recently held a series of six successful Breakfast Seminars in Australia and New Zealand, in late 2019 and early 2020. The seminars were attended by a total of over 220…

The Allergen Bureau, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) and the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) collaborate to offer these annual awards for best practice food allergen management in each of Australia and New…

Australian food producers whose products contain cashews are being urged to check their supply chain after the recall of several pesto products due to the presence of peanut. To-date, nine different pesto products have been recalled in Australia, with the…

Based on evidence that introducing peanut before 12 months of age significantly reduces the risk of peanut allergy, the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) recently revised their guidelines for infant feeding and allergy prevention, recommending that common…

During the last decade, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) coordinated 707 food recalls in Australia, with 40 per cent of these due to undeclared allergens (283 recalls). There were 32 allergen-related recalls in 2019, compared with 46 in 2018…

The Codex Committee on Food Labelling is reviewing provisions relevant to allergen labelling in the General Standard for the Labelling of Packaged Foods (GSLPF), as well as developing guidance on the use of precautionary allergen or advisory labelling (PAL). In…