Concerns in the US about the potential for future genetically
engineered foods to cause allergic reactions has spurred the Food
and Drug Administration to hold a meeting to look into the best
methods for determining whether these...
Fuel to further fire the debate, on both sides of the Atlantic,
surrounding the labelling of potential food allergens arrived this
week with the outcome of a new study in the US. According to new
research, 93 per cent of parents of...
The heated debate about food allergies and the implications for
food manufacturers looks set to continue as a new study conducted
in the UK claims the risk of death to children age 15 due to a food
allergy is slim.
Grape seed extract (GSE), used in traditional and herbal medicine
as an antihistamine, does not relieve allergy symptoms, according
to a study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and
Immunology.
A consumer group is accusing the marketer of a fungus-based meat
substitute of "deceptive labelling" and has filed a
complaint with the US Food and Drug Administration, Advertising Age
reports.
Food allergies in the West are a growing problem for the
population. A European-funded project was set up to improve the
understanding of factors that may be important in predisposing
certain plant food proteins to becoming allergens....
The Food Ingredient Specialties business of Nestle USA, a
subsidiary of European food company Nestle, voluntarily recalled
144,000 pounds of chicken base refrigerated products because the
allergen whey protein was not listed on the...
Despite labelling regulations as many as 25 per cent of
manufacturers failed to list common ingredients that can cause
potentially fatal allergic reactions,...
