Allergenic food allergy

Taylor, S.L. and Hefle, S.L. 2001. Ingredient and labeling issues associated with allergenic foods. Allergy 56(67) 16-20. 

The most frequent elicitators of food allergy in children are peanuts and tree nuts [ 17]. In France the prevalence of food allergy has been estimated to be 3.2% [18]. Furthermore, in this study, food was identified as the most common cause of anaphylaxis. Here the major identified food allergens besides peanuts and tree nuts were shellfish, wheat and lupine flour [18]. 

Ebo DG, Ahrazem O, Lopez-Torrejon G, Bridts CH, Salcedo G, Stevens WJ Anaphylaxis from mandarin (Citrus reticulata) identification of responsible allergens. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 2007 144 39-43. Raap U, Schaefer T, Kapp A, Wedi B Exotic food allergy anaphylactic reaction to lychee. J Invest Allergol Clin Immunol 2007 17 199-201. 

In 1999, the Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentary Commission Session agreed to recommend labeling of eight kinds of food which contain ingredients known to be allergens. This movement has led the Japanese goverrunent to take new measures to tackle food allergies in Japan. 

Since the only therapy for a food allergy is avoidance of the responsible food, it is essential for food allergy patients to eliminate food allergens from their diet. Therefore, the Japanese MHLW decided to improve the... 

The content scope of allergens for labeling was established based on the Japan Standard Commodity Classification. Japan is the first country to set up mandatory food allergy labeling and to regulate it under national law. 

Hefle, S. L., Nordlee, J. A., and Taylor, S. L. (1996). Allergenic foods. Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 36(SuppL), 69-89. 

Zarkadas, M., Scott, W. F., Salminen, ]., and Pong, A. H. (1999). Common allergenic foods and their labelling in Canada. Can. ]. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 4,118-141. 

Breiteneder, H. and Mills, E.N., Molecular properties of food allergens. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 115, 14, 2005. 

Pilegaard, K. and Madsen, C., An oral Brown Norway rat model for food allergy comparison of age, sex, dosing volume, and allergen preparation. Toxicology, 196, 247, 2004. 

Taylor, S. and Hefle, S. (2001). Will genetically modified foods be allergenic J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 107, 765-771. 

The importance of molluscan shellfish allergy is increasingly recognized. The European Union recently added molluscan shellfish to the list of most commonly allergenic foods in Europe (EESA, 2006). Although not knovm... 

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