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Allergy from infancy to adolescence
Monday, 12 April 2010
A population-based 18-year follow-up cohort study conducted as part of the Finnish Family Competence Study started in 1985 has provided information on suspected versus diagnosed allergy in infancy as predictors of allergy and asthma in adolescence.
Join or renew your Allergen Bureau Membership today
Sunday, 07 March 2010
The new Allergen Bureau Membership year begins on 1 April 2010, so now is your opportunity to Join Us and gain access to the most current and comprehensive resources on food allergen management.
As our most recent Full Member Company, R-Biopharm has recently joined a growing list of organisations who endorse an industry approach to improving food allergen management. Our members enjoy a wide range of benefits, and with a range of membership options available, all small, medium or large food industry organisations are encouraged to become involved in 2010.
Our thanks go to the 28 Full Member companies and six Associate Member companies who have committed themselves to the food industry's allergen management initiatives and helped us to grow the Allergen Bureau over the past year.
Read more: Join or renew your Allergen Bureau Membership today
Local breakthrough in peanut allergy research
Sunday, 07 March 2010
In various media reports around the country, a senior lecturer at Melbourne's Deakin University, Dr Cenk Suphioglu, has reported recent research findings that may lead to a better understanding of why peanuts trigger life-threatening allergic reactions in sensitised people. He hopes the research by his Allergy Research Group at Deakin could lead to allergic reactions being prevented in the first place.
Predicting risk of reaction to cross-contact allergens
Sunday, 07 March 2010
An incident in which a patient with allergy to cow's milk experienced a severe allergic reaction to a dark chocolate product that did not bear a milk allergen declaration prompted scientists in the Netherlands to investigate the extent to which allergen concentrations in unlabelled products reach levels that may cause public health problems.
Read more: Predicting risk of reaction to cross-contact allergens
Role of food labels in allergic reactions
Sunday, 07 March 2010
Researchers in Canada have conducted a study to determine the proportion of food-allergic individuals who attribute an accidental food allergen exposure to inappropriate labelling, failure to read a food label, or ignoring a precautionary statement.
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