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Sony apologises for food allergy attack in Peter Rabbit film

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Sony Pictures has apologised for a scene in the new Peter Rabbit movie in which a character is attacked with food he has an allergy to. The scene has caused controversy with allergy support groups calling...

Oral therapy could cure peanut allergies, Australian research study

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Oral therapy could cure peanut allergies, Australian research study A probiotic treatment for peanut allergy has been successfully trialled by Australian researchers at the Murdoch Children’s Research...

New UK food allergen labelling rules for UK restaurants

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New UK food allergen labelling rules for UK restaurants New EU food labelling laws have been introduced in the UK, requiring restaurants and takeaway outlets to tell customers if any of the main 14 food...

New simple method to pinpoint food allergens, research

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New simple method to pinpoint food allergens, including in cow’s milk A new highly-sensitive method to quickly identify the proteins in foods that cause allergic reactions, even at very low concentrations,...

New peanut allergy therapy shows 84 per cent success

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New peanut allergy therapy shows 84 per cent success A new therapy for peanut allergy has been successful in the majority of the 99 children who took part in a trial conducted by researchers at Addenbrooke’s...

Pregnant women need not avoid peanuts to prevent child allergy, study

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Pregnant women need not avoid peanuts, a study has found Women need not fear that eating peanuts during pregnancy could cause their child to develop a peanut allergy, according to a recent study from Boston...

Non-coeliac wheat sensitivity may be a food allergy, new study

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Patients with non-coeliac wheat sensitivity (NCWS) and other food sensitivities showed clinicial, laboratory and historical characteristics suggesting they may be suffering from a non-IgE-mediated –...

Consumers and food manufacturers would benefit from revised precautionary food allergen labelling, study

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Revised reference does for precautionary labelling for food sold in supermarkets would have a “mutually beneficial” effect on allergic consumers and the food manufacturing industry, according to a...

Gut bacteria may be key to treating a range of health issues, new analysis

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A new understanding of the essential role of gut microbes in the immune system may hold the key to dealing with some of the more significant health problems facing people in the world today, according...

Food allergy labelling may cause consumer complacency in Australia

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Australian parents of children with food allergies appear to be complacent about warnings on product labels, regardless of their child’s history of anaphylaxis, according to research published in the...