Industry News
·Sep 23, 2019
Peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT), which involves daily micro-dosing with peanut protein, has been shown to desensitize some people with peanut allergy. Research is still needed to determine the optimal treatment regime in terms of OIT dose and duration that will…
Allergy Research
·Sep 23, 2019
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has commissioned and funded a study that has found exercise and sleep deprivation can significantly reduce the amount of peanut needed to trigger an allergic reaction in people with peanut allergy. According to media…
Industry News
·Aug 29, 2019
The US State of Illinois has mandated that packaged foods sold there indicate the presence of sesame on their labels. This comes as the FDA is still considering whether to add sesame to its list of major allergens that must…
Allergy Research
·Aug 29, 2019
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has announced its support for a study into therapies for people with multiple food allergies. The study will test the ability of bi-weekly or monthly injections of omalizumab to increase…
Industry News
·Aug 29, 2019
The Allergen Bureau was delighted to receive the APAC Food Safety 2019 ‘Innovators in Food Safety Award’ for the Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL®) Program, including VITAL Online. The award was presented at the recent APAC Food Safety Conference…
Allergy Research
·Aug 29, 2019
It has been proposed that the rising incidence of allergies in the western world may be influenced by modifications to the human microbiome caused by the western environment and/or lifestyle. To further explore this theory, researchers in Western Australia studied…
