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Funding urged for fatal allergy recording system

By News Desk on September 11, 2022

Groups have called for a system that monitors fatal allergic reactions in the United Kingdom to receive continued support.

The British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI) is leading the request for additional funding…

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U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passes FASTER Act

By News Desk on November 18, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed the FASTER Act, bringing sesame one step closer to becoming the ninth major allergen, as defined by federal law.

The Act would also require the federal government …
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FDA may add sesame to list of major food allergens requiring label disclosure

By News Desk on November 5, 2019

An estimate of 17 percent of children who have food allergies are allergic to sesame, according to research published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Sesame is one of the 10 most common childhood food…
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FDA considers whether sesame should be subject to allergen labeling law

By Dan Flynn on October 31, 2018

Undeclared allergens have been driving recent increases in food recalls, which some say contributes to the trend of consumers ignoring recall notices. A year ago, a national recall consultant found millennials are the “least compliant…
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Briefly: Vietnam vets — Diaper Duty — Red meat anaphylaxis

By News Desk on November 29, 2017

Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the…
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Chicken meals recalled from institutions for undeclared soy

By News Desk on August 2, 2017

Bateman in West Sacramento, CA, has recalled  approximately 20,297 pounds of poultry products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The not-ready-to-eat…
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Publisher’s Award: One man’s meat is another man’s poison

By Brenda Hall-Busch on May 7, 2017

Editor’s note: This is 2017 winner of the “Publisher’s Award” for essays written as part of a food safety litigation class at the University of Arkansas Law School taught by Bill Marler and Denis Stearns …
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What’s in the emergency kit at your child’s school?

By Cookson Beecher on April 28, 2017

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series about food allergies and the efforts by public health agencies, schools, legislators and parents to make it easier and safer for allergic individuals to manage …
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Food safety threat in plain sight; counter measures less clear

By Cookson Beecher on April 27, 2017

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about food allergies and the efforts by public health agencies, schools, legislators and parents to make it easier and safer for allergic individuals to manage …
Continue Reading Food safety threat in plain sight; counter measures less clear

FSIS calls public meeting on food allergens for March 16

By News Desk on February 15, 2017

allergenicons_406x250The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reports “a notable increase” in the number of recalls due to undeclared allergens in regulated products and the agency has called a public meeting…
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