UK food businesses are required to declare the presence of any of the 14 main allergens if used intentionally as an ingredient or processing aid. However, they are not required to declare any ...

When Ina Chung, a Colorado mother, first fed packaged foods to her infant, she was careful to read the labels. Her daughter was allergic to peanuts, dairy, and eggs, so products containing those ...

As a new study reveals, the majority of people find allergen labels confusing. What's the problem and what should be done? When researchers from The Netherlands evaluated consumer understanding of ...

HOW well can you trust labels regarding food allergy? Not very much, if a recent audit of a sample of Irish bakeries, chocolate makers, convenience food, snack, meat and fish businesses are concerned.

Precautionary labels are present on more than half of all packaged processed foods in Australian supermarkets. Bruce A Stockwell Parents of children with a history of the potentially life-threatening ...

"May contain" statements and related warnings of possible allergens in food products often create confusion for consumers. In a recent study of adult consumers in the Netherlands, many consumers ...

A ‘vegan’ label does not mean a food is safe to eat for those with allergies to animal products. New research shows the public is dangerously unaware of this distinction. Vegan food is, generally, ...

"Made in the same factory as peanuts." ''May contain traces of tree nuts." A new report says the hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain a troublesome ingredient is confusing to ...

A brewery has recalled some of its bottled and canned beers, because labels did not adequately spell out the risk of allergens. Three Tuns, based in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, said the recall was ...

More than 65 per cent of packaged food and even more of snack food has some form of allergy caution, such as "made in the same factory as products containing peanuts", says Professor Katie Allen, lead ...