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New label to certify gluten-free goods

Monday, 08 August 2011

Quality Assurance International (QAI), a provider of organic certification services in the United States, and the non-profit group National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) have worked together to launch a national certification program for gluten free foods.

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Timing of food introduction not associated with allergy development

Monday, 08 August 2011

More research has shown that the delay of potentially allergenic foods in early life does not lead to a reduction in the development of allergies.

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Allergic children in lower income families go without adrenaline autoinjectors

Monday, 08 August 2011

Research has shown there are significant differences in the prescribing pattern of adrenaline autoinjectors for peanut–allergic children from families of differing socioeconomic status in Canada.

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Another gluten test kit given AOAC certification

Monday, 08 August 2011

A rapid gluten test kit manufactured by United States company ELISA Technologies, Inc., has earned Performance-Tested MethodsSM certification from the AOAC Research Institute. The manufacturers state the kit, which is marketed as 'EZ Gluten®' can provide test results in approximately15 minutes.

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Peanut allergy risks from blood transfusion

Monday, 13 June 2011

A report in a recent issue of The New England Journal of Medicine describes an apparent allergic reaction to peanuts that was suffered by a six year old boy while receiving a blood transfusion as part of his cancer treatment.

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