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No Top 14 – or 15 – or 16?….

05/10/2020 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  7 Comments

Back in 2017, looking for an exciting new category for the 2017 FreeFrom Food Awards, we took a risk and launched a category for products that contained none of the top 14 food allergens as defined by EU. We expected to get about 5 entries but thought it was worth giving it a …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, FreeFrom Awards, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Nutrition, Peanut allergyTag: #allergyreactors, #chickpeasasanallergen, #EuropeanFoodSafetyAuthority, #freefromconsumer, #FreefromFoodAwards, #freefromindustry, #glutenfreeoats, #MayContainWarnings, #NoTop14, #peasasanallergen, EFSA, PAL

The Telegraph needs to get a grip of the facts

17/03/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  4 Comments

Dr James le Fanu's weekly roundup in today's Telegraph carries the following : Sue Hattersley, head of the department at the Food Standards Agency responsible for imposing the “bureaucratic nightmare” of new regulations complained of by 100 leading chefs and …

Category: Allergies, Food, Food/Health Policy, Nuts, PoliticsTag: 14 major allergens, Addenbrookes hospital, allergen desensitisation, Daily Telegraph, Dr James le Fanu, EFSA, food fraud, Food Standards Agency, LEAP study, Professor Gideon Lack, restauranteurs, Sue Hattersley

Who lives in the dairy these days?

06/03/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  7 Comments

Yet more on labelling, I fear – but not this time on traceability or 'may contain' warnings, but on definitions. And you think gluten or nuts are complicated in terms of definitions and labelling? Just try milk.... So which misconception shall we get out of the way first? How …

Category: Allergies, Dairy-free, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom FoodTag: 'milk' warnings, allergen labelling, allergen traceability, buffalo milk, Dairy products, Dr Chun-Han Chan, EFSA, eggs not a dairy product, Food Standards Agency, goat's milk, Is lactose free dairy free?, lactase deficiency, Lactose free is not dairy free, lactose intolerance, milk in potato crisps, sheep's milk, Sue Hattersely

Another public relations disaster – Tesco’s ‘may contain nut’ warnings

12/04/2014 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  14 Comments

Companies spend a fortune on 'public relations' so how do they so often get it wrong? They employ specialist PR agencies, set up focus groups 'to gauge public feeling',  recruit dedicated teams to run their Twitter accounts and their Facebook pages, and yet the gaffes continue. …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, Dairy-free, Food, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: Action levels for allergens, Alpro may contain nut warnings, demonstrable and significant risk of allergen cross-contamination, EFSA, European food safety authority, Food Allergy and Intolerance Ink, poor public relations, public relations fiascos, Tesco may contain nut warnings, triggering may contain warnings

Goat’s milk infant formula finally gets the ‘all clear’

06/03/2014 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  4 Comments

Almost as far back as I can remember in terms of FoodsMatter – way back in the '90s indeed – I recall talking to Claire Magee at 'Nanny Care' about their problems in getting their goat milk infant formula recognised by the EU. Over the years I all but gave up asking how the …

Category: Allergies, Dairy-freeTag: A2 milk and cow's milk intolerance, A2 milk composition, allergens in goat milk, Breast feeding campaigns, CMA, dangers of goat milk for cow's milk allergic infants, EFSA, European food safety authority, goat's milk follow on formula, goat's milk infant formula, goat's milk suitable base for infant formula, Nanny care, similarities of proteins on cow's and goat's milk, The Food Magazine

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