Anaphylaxis has been defined as a ‘severe, life‐threatening generalized or systemic
hypersensitivity reaction’. However, data indicate that the vast majority of food‐triggered …

Food allergy and allergen management are important global public health issues. In 2011,
the first iteration of our allergen threshold database (ATDB) was established based on …

Precautionary allergen labelling ( PAL ) was introduced by the food industry to help manage
and communicate the possibility of reaction from the unintended presence of allergens in …

Background There has been a dramatic proliferation of precautionary labeling by manufacturers
to mitigate the perceived risk from low-level contamination from allergens in food. This …

Scope Due to the imminent growth of the world population, shortage of protein sources for
human consumption will arise in the near future. Alternative and sustainable protein sources (…

BACKGROUND: For most allergenic foods, insufficient threshold dose information within the
population restricts the advice on levels of unintended allergenic foods which should trigger …

Background Food legislation in the European Union and elsewhere includes both hazard-
and risk-based approaches for ensuring safety. In hazard-based approaches, simply the …

Previously, we published selected Eliciting Dose (ED) values (ie ED01 and ED05 values)
for 14 allergenic foods, predicted to elicit objective allergic symptoms in 1% and 5%, …

In order to assess the risk of unintended exposure to food allergens, traditional deterministic
risk assessment is usually applied, leading to inconsequential conclusions as ‘an allergic …

Food allergic patients have to deal with an avoidance diet. Confusing labelling terms or
precautionary labels can result in misinterpretation and risk‐taking behaviour. Even those …