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FDA Issues Food Allergen Labeling Draft Guidance

Posted on November 30, 2022

On November 29, the FDA issued an updated draft guidance document about food allergen labeling requirements: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergens, Including Food Allergen Labeling Requirements of the Federal

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance Regarding Evaluation of Allergens

Posted on April 19, 2022

Yesterday FDA announced the release of draft guidance that outlines the Agency’s approach to evaluating the public health risks of allergens that are not among the nine major food allergens

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FDA Provides Video Overview of FASTER Act

Posted on February 1, 2022

Yesterday FDA released a video presentation summarizing the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act which adds sesame as the 9^th “major food allergen.”
Specifically, the presentation

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Sesame Allergen Labeling Becomes Law

Posted on April 26, 2021

Since the enactment of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA), the label of a food that contains an ingredient that is or contains protein from

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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for the Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame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The FDA issued a draft guidance for the Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame as an Allergen to provide food manufacturers with the Agency’s current view on sesame as an allergen and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 Approves Drug to Treat Peanut Allergy in Children

Posted on February 5, 2020

On January 31, FDA approved the first drug to mitigate allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, that may occur with accidental exposure to peanuts. The drug, Palforzia [Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Allergen Powder-dnfp]

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Coconut Industry Campaigns to Remove Coconuts from “Top 8” Allergen List

Posted on September 11, 2019

On September 10, the Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA) launched a campaign to remove coconuts from the “top 8 allergen” list. As our readers likely know, the Food Allergen

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New Study Finds Prevalence of Sesame Allergy, as Illinois Becomes First State to Mandate Sesame Labeling on Packaged Foods

Posted on August 7, 2019

A new study by researchers from Northwestern University found that 0.49% of Americans, or 1.5 million children and adults, reported having an allergy to sesame, based on responses to a

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Peanut Protein: Problem and Promise

Posted on February 24, 2015

Groundbreaking peanut consumption study counsels exposure, not avoidance, for those at risk of allergy.

Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, with exposure to the protein triggering

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