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ALLERGY UK REITERATES CALL FOR ACTION ON FULL INGREDIENT LABELLING

Allergy UK  has reiterated its call for full ingredient labelling on all food products after researchers highlighted additional allergens which they say should be listed, over and above those currently required by UK law.

Food packaging in the UK and EU already lists the most common 14 allergens people should be aware of such as egg, peanuts and milk.

However, at least four more could be added to the mandatory risk list say experts, following a study reported in the Journal Clinical & Experimental Allergy.

Lead investigator Dr Dominique Sabouraud-Leclerc, from the Allergy Vigilance Network, points to evidence of increased reactions to a wider range of foods. Her team has pushed for their findings to be included in the EU’s allergen risk list.

The foods the researchers argue should be added to the list are:

  • goat or sheep milk
  • buckwheat
  • peas and lentils
  • pine nuts.

The Allergy Vigilance Network reviewed food-induced anaphylaxis cases reported in Europe between 2002–2023, analysing nearly 3,000 cases, of which 413, including two deaths, are believed to have been caused by one of the eight emerging food allergies. In total, researchers found that emerging food allergies were responsible for 413, (approximately 14%) of reported cases.

Read more about the call for action here

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