Showing posts with label Allergen Threshold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allergen Threshold. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Can we establish safe allergen thresholds in foods? What does the current science say?



In light of the open request from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking public feedback on whether food manufacturers can set a “safe” threshold for major food allergens (peanut, milk, egg, etc.), I wanted to reason through this question with the existing scientific evidence regarding food allergy.