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Food allergy conference report
Monday, 13 June 2011
A joint national conference by the Food Standards Agency and the Anaphylaxis Campaign was held in the UK earlier this year to communicate the science of food allergy. A report on the conference was published in the latest newsletter of the Food Standards Agency.
Cleaning for allergen hygiene
Monday, 13 June 2011
A study carried out in New Zealand by researchers at Auckland's AUT University and Tegal Foods has looked at the effectiveness of cleaning procedures for environmental allergen control.
Unexpected allergens in food
Monday, 13 June 2011
The Allergen Bureau is proud to release the Unexpected Allergens in Food document, a consolidation of information supplied by our members and other food industry stakeholders about where they have found unexpected allergens.
Special AOAC Journal issue on allergen detection methods
Monday, 09 May 2011
A section of the latest issue of the Journal of AOAC International is dedicated to recent progress in the use of mass spectrometry for food allergen detection. A total of five papers plus a special editorial are included in the issue, covering best practice of allergen detection, detection of milk protein and gluten residues, plus a new multi-screen allergen test which has been launched by Eurofins that can detect up to seven different allergens in one test.
Read more: Special AOAC Journal issue on allergen detection methods
Childhood seafood allergy study yields interesting findings
Monday, 09 May 2011
Seafood allergy is a significant cause of anaphylaxis in many parts of the world. Researchers based in Sydney, Australia have described the characteristics of a large cohort of children who presented at the Children's Hospital at Westmead between 2006 and 2009 with seafood allergy.
Read more: Childhood seafood allergy study yields interesting findings
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