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allergy specialists suggest warning symbol for foods, non-foods
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use of a common symbol to indicate the presence of individual allergens in food and personal care products could help allergy sufferers identify products to avoid – especially in multi-lingual communities, say specialists from imperial college. incidence of allergy has been increasing. in the uk some 1.8 per cent of children now have peanut allergy; in the us, 8 per cent of children and 4 per cent of adults have a food allergy. this means it is vital that people with allergies (or parents) can avoid products that are dangerous to them. the allergy specialists from the uk suggested the development of a common symbol after conducting a survey amongst patients of children with nut allergies about how allergen wording affected their buying decisions. dr lee noimark and colleagues said that their clinic serves a multi-ethnic population, and parents who are unable to read english are “poorly served by warnings on products”. a common symbol, to be shown to the family at the clinic, would remove language barriers and difficulty in understanding ingredients. it would also reduce shopping time – and, most importantly, increase the safety of the allergic patient. survey dr noimark and colleagues conducted a survey of 184 parents of children with nut allergies, giving them a questionnaire to fill out while at the clinic. they asked them what wording would discourage them from buying a product. eighty per cent of respondents said they would not buy a product labelled ‘not suitable for nut allergy sufferers’ or ‘may contain nuts’. however only about 50 per cent of parents would products with looser warnings, such as ‘cannot guarantee nut free’, ‘made in a factory that uses nuts’ or ‘may contain traces of nuts’. they found that a large number of parents were not reading the labels at all, were ignoring them, or were assuming that there is a gradation of risk depending on the wording. the specialists also identified some interesting habits amongst buyers that warrant further investigation. for instance, they may be more likely to trust a product from one manufacturer bearing ‘may contain’ labels than a similar product with similar wording from another manufacturer. regulations european guidelines from 2005 state that all foods comprising five per cent of the formulation need to be included on a product label; and any of the group of 12 major allergens (milk, egg, fish, crustaceans, peanuts, tree nuts, gluten, sesame, soya, celery, mustard and sulphites) need to be declared regardless of the quantity. however not all possible ‘hidden’ allergens in ingredients – such as lecithin, which can come from soy or egg – are covered; nor is the possibility of cross-contamination by shared use of equipment. the uk’s food standards agency has developed guidelines for food firms to present allergy information in the most straightforward, non-confusing way. but the specialists say that further tightening of legislation and better education would help decrease anaphylaxis risk. non-foods one particular area of concern is non-food products. dr noimark and colleagues said the “hidden danger” of nut extract in self care products “remains poorly recognised”. some animal research has indicated that using peanut oil containing products on inflamed or broken skin could increase the risk of them developing a sensitivity to eating peanuts – even if they were tolerant to them before. such products are not included under european food allergy regulations, “and therefore remain an unknown menace,” the specialists wrote. source pediatric allergy and immunology 2009: 20: 500-504 doi: 10.111.j.1399-3038.2008.00796/x parents’ attitudes when purchasing products for children with nut allergy: a uk perspective authors: noimark l, gardner j, warner j.
Source :foodqualitynews.com
Date :
31
July
2009
Category :
Food And Health
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gradual exposure to peanut may put an end to peanut allergy, if results of a small study from cambridge are followed by similar positive results. scientists from addenbrooke’s hospital in cambridge exposed four peanut-allergic children to gradually increasing quantities of peanut protein, and found that all the children can now tolerate about 800 mg grams of protein, which is the equivalent to five peanuts, per day.
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fears over the dangers of peanut allergy, a potentially deadly allergy for certain people, are becoming sensationalist and hysterical, according to a harvard professor. a level-headed approach is needed before the situation spirals out of control, wrote professor nicolas christakis from harvard medical school in the british medical journal . the food industry is already bound by certain regulations, depending on the country, to highlight possible allergens in a food product, such as the eu’s labelling directive 2000/13/ec.
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avoiding peanuts in infancy and early childhood may increase the risk of developing peanut allergy, says a joint british-israeli study. children in the uk, where recommendations are to avoid peanuts during pregnancy, breastfeeding, and infancy, were 10 times more likely to suffer from peanut allergy than their israeli counterparts, according to a new study published in the journal of allergy and clinical immunology .
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outgrowing allergies to milk and egg may no longer be the case, as new research from the us suggests the allergies are more persistent than first thought. over the course of 13 years, researchers from the johns hopkins children's center followed 800 patients with milk allergy and nearly 900 with egg allergy, and found that the allergies persisted well into the school years and beyond.
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the uk's food standards agency should ensure appropriate consideration is given to allergens by the european commission, as part of if its review of food labelling, say peers. however the house of lords' committee on science and technology has expressed concern that allergen labelling, as part of the on-going eu review of food labelling requirements, is not be specific enough.
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patients with kidney disease may be at danger from a ‘hidden threat’ of phosphorous additives found in processed and fast foods, says a new study from the us. writing in the new issue of the journal of the american medical association (jama), ohio-based scientists report that additional phosphorous, such as sodium phosphate or pyrophosphate, may be too much for a compromised kidney to expel.
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