Precautionary labelling of foods for allergen content: are we ready for a global framework?

World Allergy Organization Journal

Hugh A Sampson¹  Alessandro Fiocchi³  Kirsten Beyer⁶  E N Clare Mills²  Gary Wong⁵  Motohiro Ebisawa⁴  Nelson Rosario⁸  Gideon Lack^1,11  Scott Sicherer¹  Stephen Taylor⁷  Ruby Pawankar⁹  Paul J Turner^1,10  Katrina J Allen² 

[1] Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA;Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK;Hospital Bambino Gesù, Vatican City, Rome, Italy;Department of Allergy, Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, Sagamihara National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan;Department of Paediatrics and School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunulogy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany;Food Allergy Research & Resource Program, Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA;University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil;Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan;Division of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, King’s College London, London, UK

关键词: Mandatory labelling;    Allergen avoidance;    Anaphylaxis;    Precationary allergen labelling;    Legislation;    Food allergy;    Allergen labelling;   

Others  :  802504
DOI  :  10.1186/1939-4551-7-10

 received in 2013-12-30, accepted in 2014-04-08,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Food allergy appears to be on the rise with the current mainstay of treatment centred on allergen avoidance. Mandatory allergen labelling has improved the safety of food for allergic consumers. However an additional form of voluntary labelling (termed precautionary allergen labelling) has evolved on a wide range of packaged goods, in a bid by manufacturers to minimise risk to customers, and the negative impact on business that might result from exposure to trace amounts of food allergen present during cross-contamination during production. This has resulted in near ubiquitous utilisation of a multitude of different precautionary allergen labels with subsequent confusion amongst many consumers as to their significance. The global nature of food production and manufacturing makes harmonisation of allergen labelling regulations across the world a matter of increasing importance. Addressing inconsistencies across countries with regards to labelling legislation, as well as improvement or even banning of precautionary allergy labelling are both likely to be significant steps forward in improved food safety for allergic families. This article outlines the current status of allergen labelling legislation around the world and reviews the value of current existing precautionary allergen labelling for the allergic consumer. We strongly urge for an international framework to be considered to help roadmap a solution to the weaknesses of the current systems, and discuss the role of legislation in facilitating this.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Allen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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