Life for people allergic to peanuts might just have got easier with
scientists in the UK announcing this week that they have developed
a test to detect tiny amounts of peanut in processed food.
Proposed new legislation which would tighten the rules governing
the labelling of foodstuffs in a bid to reduce the risk of
consumers suffering from allergic reactions to certain ingredients
has passed the latest stage of its journey...
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...
With the number of consumers allergic to nuts increasing on an
annual basis in the Western world, the food industry has for some
time been striding towards improving the labelling of all suspected
nut allergens in food products. But...
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.
Plain language is the key to future food allergen labelling. This
was the resounding message from American food manufacturers
speaking at the Food and Drug Administration meeting this week.
In the US this week the National Food Processors Association (NFPA)
released an industry "Code of Practice" for managing food
allergens. Coincidence or...
A scientific advisory panel to the US Environmental Protection
Agency has found that there is a "medium likelihood" that the
genetically-engineered StarLink...
