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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

FAO and WHO have outlined a new risk-based framework for managing food allergens, incorporating reference doses and offering manufacturers a data-driven way to evaluate cross-contact risks and ...

The mislabelling is particularly alarming because the Hot Honey packaging does not list milk as an ingredient, meaning consumers with dairy allergies would have no reason to suspect the product posed ...