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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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FSIS calls public meeting on food allergens for March 16
The 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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PA vending firm recalls RTE food items for undeclared allergens
Crescent Vending Company of Oreland, PA, is recalling a number of ready-to-eat food items because they may contain undeclared allergens.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat, soy or milk run the
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Back to Nature recalls granola, cookies for undeclared milk
Back to Nature Foods LLC of Naples, FL, is voluntarily recalling the products below because they contain chocolate purchased from a third-party supplier which was found to contain milk not listed as an ingredient on
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Michigan firm recalls fruit butters, preserves for undeclared milk
Brownwood Farms of Williamsburg, MI, is recalling about 260,000 units of fruit butters and fruit preserves because they contain undeclared milk. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of
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