Allergens In-Depth Focus 2017

• Food allergies: it’s not just a problem of nuts
  David Reading, Co-founder of the Anaphylaxis Campaign
  Food allergens have been a hot news topic since the early 1990s and the allergen that has been at the centre of most reports is the peanut. David Reading, co-founder of the Anaphylaxis Campaign highlights the huge number of other foods that can, in a minority of cases, cause serious symptoms of allergy…
• Allergen management in the food industry: it’s all about cross-contact and contamination prevention
  François Bourdichon, Food Safety Consultant, and Bert Pöpping, FOCOS
  All known allergens are proteins; they can be present in the food in large quantities and often survive – even harsh – food processing conditions. François Bourdichon and Bert Pöpping discuss allergen management in the food industry…
• Gluten-free diets: fad or fact?
  Dr. Shona Jacobsberg, Registrar in Endocrinology & General Internal Medicine, London
  With coeliac disease and wheat allergy affecting only 1.2% of the population, why is it that an estimated 15% of UK adults and an astonishing 29% of US adults are trying to avoid gluten? Dr Shona Jacobsberg asks, is it all just one big fad?