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Congress Makes Sesame Ninth Major Food Allergen

Posted on April 15, 2021

On April 14, 2021, the House of Representatives passed H.R.1202 or the “Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2021” (FASTER Act), which expands the definition of major

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Senate Passes Sesame Allergen Labeling Bill

Posted on March 10, 2021

On March 3, the US Senate passed S.578, the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act of 2021, which would add sesame to the list of 8

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Sesame – the Ninth “Major Food Allergen”?

Posted on March 2, 2021

As our many of readers will know, food labels must declare the presence of an ingredient that is or that contains a protein from one of the “major food allergens”

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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Whole Foods for Pattern of Undeclared Allergens

Posted on December 23, 2020

On December 22, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Whole Foods Market “for a pattern of receiving and offering for sale misbranded food products necessitating a series of food

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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for the Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame

Posted on November 11, 2020

The FDA issued a draft guidance for the Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame as an Allergen to provide food manufacturers with the Agency’s current view on sesame as an allergen and

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FDA Releases Results on Sampling of “Dairy-Free” Dark Chocolate for Milk Allergen

Posted on October 2, 2020

On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the results of its sampling project on domestically manufactured dark chocolate bars and dark chocolate chips labeled with

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FSANZ Releases 2019 Food Recall Statistics

Posted on February 28, 2020

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released its food recall statistics for 2019. Recalls were down from 100 in 2018 to 87 in 2019. The most common cause of

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