Those of you who read my recent report on Professor Clare Mills' presentation at the Anaphylaxis Campaign's conference in September will know that things are moving forward, slowly, on the 'may contain', precautionary allergen labelling front. But meanwhile we are still living …
precautionary allergen labelling
FreeFrom Food Awards – matters arising…
There is no doubt that the quality of the products entered into the 2016 FreeFrom Food Awards has continued to improve. It is rare now that one meets a product which is obviously 'free from' anything; more often than not they are either indistinguishable from 'normal' products …
‘Gluten free’ versus ‘freefrom gluten’
Worrying about precise definitions is not something that comes naturally to me – I am more of a broad brush sort of person. So many are the arguments that I have with Alex, the acme of precision in definitions terms – and many are the rude names that I have called him when, yet …
Precautionary allergen labelling – have we got the balance wrong?
In managing food allergy there are two major hazards: The failure to recognise a food allergen that has been included in a dish as an ingredient and The accidental contamination of an otherwise allergen-free food with an allergen. But while the failure to recognize …