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Title: Experts Seek Global Allergy Labelling Standard
Post by: GoingNuts on May 15, 2023, 06:08:10 AM
https://www.allergicliving.com/2023/05/11/experts-seek-global-allergy-labeling-revised-top-allergens-list/
Title: Re: Experts Seek Global Allergy Labelling Standard
Post by: Macabre on May 15, 2023, 07:05:42 AM
This would be such a game changer. And yes to people dealing with allergies being involved. I mean, allergists regularly say peanut oil is fine—yet I’ve seen my kid react to it several times.
Title: Re: Experts Seek Global Allergy Labelling Standard
Post by: Mezzo on May 15, 2023, 07:39:14 AM
2 mg of peanut to get a may contain label seems way too high. I’m all for standardizing but we try for - if it’s in the same manufacturing equipment, it’s may contain. I don’t know how much DD can have but it’s TINY if any at all. She has reacted to probably a washed fork or plate. Not strongly but still.
Title: Re: Experts Seek Global Allergy Labelling Standard
Post by: spacecanada on May 15, 2023, 10:07:04 PM
I agree with Mezzo that thresholds shouldn’t be the defining factor but shared facility or shared equipment.

I have had anaphylaxis from simply walking into a supermarket past the bakery (likely airborne wheat). Also a severe reaction to people eating or cooking my allergens nearby. I don’t believe that ‘standard’ thresholds truly exist.

Also, what happens if you eat four servings of a food that is below threshold and it brings your dose above threshold? How is that not a concern?