HELP! Studies as to X-contam, may contains, etc

[ajasfolks2]

This is one old thread (from old place) where many of the links are now useless:

http://allergy.hyperboards.com/action/view_topic/topic_id/6041



Need new links to some of these studies and/or links to full doc, if one exists for free.

Anyone have some time to help on this?

[ajasfolks2]

http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0091-6749/PIIS0091674907007610.pdf

[rebekahc]

I'll try Googling some of the links and seeing if I can find current ones...

When Food Is Poison: The History, Consequences, and Limitations of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 from The Food and Drug Law Institute



Not sure if this is the same info from the last link in the old thread, but looks like it might be.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/UCM179390.pdf

This report was prepared by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in response to the directive to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in section 204 of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004. The report addresses multiple issues relating to cross-contact with food allergens during food manufacture and distribution and the use of, and consumer preferences about, advisory labeling.

[LinksEtc]

Are you in a rush or can it wait for a few days?

I do have a copy of the full FDLI paper somewhere, but I don't think there is a link to a viewable online copy anymore.

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http://allergy.hyperboards.com/action/view_topic/topic_id/3493

http://allergy.hyperboards.com/action/view_topic/topic_id/6136

http://allergy.hyperboards.com/index.php?action=view_topic&topic_id=5869

http://allergy.hyperboards.com/action/view_topic/topic_id/16201

http://www.cspinet.org/nah/04_01/allergylinks.html

FDA study of food processing plants
"Food Allergen Partnership 1999-2000 Minnesota & Wisconsin Summary of Findings," Minneapolis District Office.

http://foodallergybitch.blogspot.com/2013/02/food-allergy-cross-contamination-in.html


http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/Allergens/ucm059116.htm

[Added December, 2005] Is a major food allergen that has been unintentionally added to a food as the result of cross-contact subject to FALCPA's labeling requirements?
No. FALCPA's labeling requirements do not apply to major food allergens that are unintentionally added to a food as the result of cross-contact. In the context of food allergens, "cross-contact " occurs when a residue or other trace amount of an allergenic food is unintentionally incorporated into another food that is not intended to contain that allergenic food. Cross-contact may result from customary methods of growing and harvesting crops, as well as from the use of shared storage, transportation, or production equipment.

[ajasfolks2]

I'm trying to reconstruct some old links pages I had for 504 meetings (looming) and I know there are others looking for these links as well . . . any help you or others can give is much appreciated.

Am wondering if any new studies in the offing as to % of allergen in "May Contains" and "Shared Facility" foods. . . . wondering if we'll see some improvements? 

[LinksEtc]

Am wondering if any new studies in the offing as to % of allergen in "May Contains" and "Shared Facility" foods. . . . wondering if we'll see some improvements?

I did a few searches, but didn't come up with new studies.  I think a lot of those older studies were done in preparation for the FALCPA & advisory labeling FDA efforts.  Maybe somebody else can find something more recent.  It would be interesting to see (if/how much) things have improved.

[LinksEtc]

"Advisory Labels: May Contain Confusion"
http://allergicliving.com/index.php/2013/12/02/advisory-labels-may-contain-confusion/?page=1

Of great concern, two nutrition bars with labels that had no mention of peanut whatsoever (advisory or ingredient) were found to contain peanut at 13 ppm and 1,260 ppm.

"Quantitative risk assessment of foods containing peanut advisory labeling."
Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Dec;62:179-87. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.08.030. Epub 2013 Aug 27.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23994086/

Of food products bearing advisory statements regarding peanut or products that had peanut listed as a minor ingredient, 8.6% and 37.5% contained detectable levels of peanut (>2.5ppm whole peanut), respectively.

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"Can consumers trust allergen advisory labels on food products?"
http://www.aaaai.org/global/latest-research-summaries/Current-JACI-Research/Can-consumers-trust-allergen-advisory-labels-on-fo.aspx

highlight the need for allergic customers to avoid products with advisory labels and to have some concern for products that have no advisory labels, particularly from small companies within categories of higher risk products.

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"Food allergen advisory labeling and product contamination with egg, milk, and peanut"
http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(10)00891-2/abstract

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FDA Study Finds Milk in Most Dark Chocolate, No Matter What Label Says