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The Allergen Bureau is delighted to announce this year’s winners of the AIFST and NZIFST Allergen Bureau Awards for best practice food allergen management. Sarah Proctor, Food Safety Coordinator Lion Dairy & Drinks, was selected as the winner of the…

At the most recent meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, it was accepted that the current allergen labelling provisions in the ‘General Standard for Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods’ lack sufficient clarity and detail for industry in how allergens should be…

An Australian study of 170 wheat varieties found modern wheat was no more allergenic than traditional varieties. The research examined the allergenicity of wheat varieties grown in Australia from 1860 to 2015, including some original varieties brought from England that…

Last year, the National Allergy Strategy launched the pilot phase of an Australian food allergy prevention project ‘Nip Allergies in the Bub’. A 12-month pilot was conducted in Western Australia as a world-first promotion of new childhood allergy prevention strategies. Following…

The Food Allergen Portal is a web-based platform to access trusted information and best practice resources about managing food allergens. The ‘one stop shop’ houses information and resources aimed at consumers, food manufacturers and retailers; the food service sector; childcare…

Demand for gluten-free foods is growing and, with bread being an important staple food, consumer demand for good quality gluten free bread is driving the development of suitable wheat bread substitutes. A recent Open Access review looks at research advances that…