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Implementation of FASTER Act Poses Challenge for Industry

Posted on May 23, 2023
  • The FASTER Act, which went into effect on January 1st of this year, made sesame the 9th major food allergen, thereby triggering allergen labeling obligations for foods containing
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Sesame Listed as Major Food Allergen

Posted on January 5, 2023
  • Effective January 1, 2023, sesame joined the list of major food allergens.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires that foods containing sesame are subject to
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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 9th “major food allergen.”
  • Specifically, the presentation

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Allergists Urge Prompt Sesame Allergen Labeling

Posted on January 7, 2022
  • In a recent article published by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), the authors argued that foods containing sesame should be clearly labeled as containing the potential

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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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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 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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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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