Smart as trees in Sault Ste. Marie; EH Booths withdraws roasted monkey nuts
I normally don’t write about allergy recalls. Sure it’s part of food safety but there’s so many, and there’s so many other better sources of info. But when a company markets Monkey Nuts, I can’t help...
View ArticleThis is nuts: parents blast NZ TV prank
An on-screen prank that involved smearing peanut butter on the face of a children’s television presenter pretending to have a nut allergy has outraged parents of children suffering from the affliction....
View ArticleFood fraud consequences: 10-year-old died in Melbourne after drinking coconut...
But why wasn’t the investigation and cause revealed earlier, to warn and hopefully prevent further cases. Maybe it has something to do with the legal system in Australia. Maybe it doesn’t. A...
View ArticleFSIS releases new guide to help food processors control potential allergens,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released new guidelines to assist meat, poultry, and processed egg product producers in properly managing ingredients...
View ArticleFood fraud: Aust. pine nuts recalled after they were found to be peanuts
A Brisbane wholesale company has urgently recalled a product over fears of allergic reactions that could “put customers in danger” due to incorrect labelling. Queensland Health has been alerted to the...
View ArticleMore support for early exposure to peanuts to prevent allergies
There’s a lot of mights and maybes, but according to scientists, evidence is accumulating that food allergies in children might be prevented by feeding infants peanuts and other allergenic food in...
View ArticleUK restaurateur sentenced to 6 years after peanut allergy death
The owner of an Indian takeaway in North Yorkshire has been found guilty of manslaughter after a customer with a nut allergy was served a meal containing ground peanuts. The trial was told Mohammed...
View ArticleFood allergies linked to hygiene hypothesis? ‘If fewer allergies is more...
People from well-educated families are almost twice as likely to suffer from some dangerous food allergies as others — possibly because their bodies’ natural defences have been lowered by rigorous...
View ArticleLoophole, money concerns contributed to peanut death of student at fancy...
A prestigious Melbourne private school has been slammed by a coroner who found it directly responsible for the death of a student who was fed beef satay despite having a known peanut allergy. The...
View ArticleFood allergies are serious: NZ Hellers fined almost $40,000 over mispackaged...
The New Zealand Herald reports that sausage-maker Hellers has been fined almost $40,000 and ordered to pay $15,000 to three children after they suffered allergic reactions to mispackaged sausages. The...
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