Latest Allergen Bureau News
Review of lupin allergy
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Unlike the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, European food labelling regulations have required a declaration of the presence of lupin in foodstuffs since the allergen labelling legislation was introduced in 2006. Researchers in Spain have recently reviewed and summarised the data currently available on allergy to lupin.Age at first exposure has little impact on infant food allergies
Sunday, 22 August 2010
A birth cohort of 184 children in Sweden was followed to 18 months of age to investigate if the development of allergic diseases during the child's first 18 months of life is influenced by the time at which different food items were introduced into the child's diet.
Read more: Age at first exposure has little impact on infant food allergies
Understanding adult-onset food allergies
Sunday, 22 August 2010
It has been previously thought that people who are able to consume foods without any symptoms of allergy have gained immune tolerance via the gastrointestinal tract. Over time, many adults will become sensitised to foods they have previously tolerated, and it has been suggested that alternative routes of sensitisation may be responsible for this altered immune status.
FARRP food allergen workshop
Sunday, 22 August 2010
The University of Nebraska’s Food Allergy Research and Resource Program (FARRP) will host another of its popular workshop ‘Food Allergens: Issues and Solutions for the Food Product Manufacturer’ on 6-7 October 2010 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel Rosemont, Illinois.
Asian children have less nut allergies
Monday, 09 August 2010
There is an impression that peanut and tree nut allergy is relatively uncommon in Asia, and recent research evaluating the prevalence of certain food allergies in schoolchildren in Singapore and Philippines supports this notion. Those living in Asia who were born in Western countries were found to be at higher risk of peanut and tree nut allergy compared with those born in Asia.
