Challenges to accurate food allergen labelling in food service outlets

Are food allergic consumers ready for informative precautionary allergen labelling?

Precautionary allergen labelling (PAL) has resulted in consumer confusion. Previous research has shown that interpretive labels (using graphics, symbols, or colours) are better understood than the traditional forms of labels. In this study, we aimed to understand if consumers would use interpretive labels (symbol, mobile phone application and a toll-free number) with or without medical advice t...

[Food allergen in cosmetics].

In Japan, two patients who had been primary sensitized to hydrolyzed wheat protein (HWP) present in facial soap and subsequently experienced wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA) after the ingestion of normal wheat products were reported in 2009 as first cases. Since that report, more than 1900 patients with such an allergy have been reported (through June 20, 2013) from various ...

Water shortage in Australian fast food outlets.

How to manage food allergy in restaurants, cafeterias and fast food outlets?

Background The stress of raising a child with food allergies affects each family differently, depending, in large part, on how the physician initially presents the information and the family’s coping style. Based on how the information is presented they can leave the doctor’s office terrified and unsure whether they will be able to prevent the next reaction, or concerned but confident that they...

How to manage food allergy in restaurants, cafeterias and fast food outlets?

Increasing numbers of consumers with food allergies encounter challenges when eating food from restaurants, cafeterias and fast food outlets, and also when choosing food sold without factory packaging. Trends have changed in recent decades. We prepare less food at home from ingredients, so that younger generations have fewer preparation skills and limited food knowledge. At the same time, we tr...