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The Allergen Bureau is delighted to announce that Sue Wilkinson, Robern Menz, was selected as the winner of the 2018 AIFST Allergen Bureau ‘Julie Newlands Award’ for best practice food allergen management in Australia. The award was presented to Sue…

The National Allergy Strategy has launched the pilot phase of ‘Nip Allergies in the Bub’ – a food allergy prevention project funded by the Australian Government. The project is the first in the world to promote feeding children the common allergy…

Latest research released by the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA), in partnership with the charities Allergy UK and the Anaphylaxis Campaign, has shown that 60 per cent of young British consumers with a food allergy or intolerance avoid eating out…

Over 50 delegates joined the Allergen Bureau for our recent allergen management guidance session at the AIFST Convention, Melbourne, on 12 September 2018. Facilitated by Tom Lewis, Allergen Bureau Chief Executive, the session included a series of short, sharp presentations…

With a baby’s immune system beginning to develop from about 20 weeks gestation, pregnancy presents the perfect time to influence future immunity. Researchers at Western Australia’s Telethon Kids Institute and the Joondalup Health Campus are looking for study participants to…

safefood is responsible for promoting food safety and healthy eating in the island of Ireland. They are currently seeking tenders for research into the socioeconomic cost of food hypersensitivity to support the knowledge base in Ireland. Conservative prevalence estimates of…