The media has been buzzing for the last two days with reports of the Addenbrooke's trial which showed that, by feeding peanut-allergic children tiny but increasing doses of peanut protein, you can desensitise them to the point that they no longer react to peanuts. This is, of …
quantifying allergen contamination risk
The dreaded allergen thresholds – again…
A post on the Sugarpuffish blog last week illustrates yet again the frustrating unintended consequences of the FSA's attempts to keep allergic people safe. Sugarpuffish, who is very intolerant of dairy, noticed that one of her favourite snacks, 9Bars, had taken their 'dairy …
Two and a half cheers for the FSA and their labelling efforts
No – I have not had a Damascene conversion and I do NOT think that the new allergen regulations are wonderful – but I do think that the Food Standards Agency is trying hard, in an extremely difficult area, to do the best they can for allergic consumers – even though that best may …