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At a public meeting earlier in May, the Board of the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) agreed that full ingredient labelling should be made mandatory for all pre-packed food available for direct sale to consumers. The FSA agrees that such…

The Coeliac Society of Ireland has developed a free, online self-assessment tool which aims to help people with undiagnosed coeliac disease. Users must first register to take the 10 minute test, which steps through a number of questions about current health…

The Victorian state’s Health Department has for the first time released data that reveals over 1,000 Victorians have presented at hospital emergency rooms with anaphylaxis since the beginning of November last year. More than 60 per cent of the 1,028…

Queensland’s Wesley Medical Research Institute have developed a fast diagnostic screening test for coeliac disease. The test uses a pin prick of blood, and within 10 minutes can provide a result that indicates whether people need to have further tests…

The National Allergy Strategy recently submitted an election platform to all major political parties and has used World Allergy Week (April 7-13) to put the spotlight on their bid for $20 million over 5 years to address Australia’s allergy epidemic.…

An Aldi supermarket chocolate Easter bunny that was labelled with the ‘Dairy Fine’ brand has caused an anaphylactic reaction for a dairy-allergic Melbourne woman who misread the label and thought it was a dairy free product. The woman maintains the…