Food allergens
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA will hold a public meeting to address food allergen labeling at the Cohen Building, 330 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C. on Aug. 13. Issues to be discussed will include source or plain English labeling, use of phrase "may contain" in labeling and labeling of ingredients currently exempted from declarations, such as incidental additives. Responding to food allergy concerns, Food Allergy Issues Alliance released voluntary labeling guidelines May 31. Eight major allergens will be addressed at the meeting: peanuts, soybeans, milk, eggs, fish, crustacea, tree nuts and wheat, most of which could be found in certain functional foods and dietary supplements
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