Precautionary labelling of foods for allergen content: are we ready for a global framework?
Precautionary labelling of foods for allergen content: are we ready for a global framework?
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10.1186/1939-4551-7-10
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2014
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Sampson HA
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Allen KJ;Turner PJ;Pawankar R;Taylor S;Sicherer S;Lack G;Rosario N;Ebisawa M;Wong G;Mills ENC;Beyer K;Fiocchi A;Sampson HA
食物过敏似乎呈上升趋势，目前的主要治疗方法是以避免过敏原为中心。强制性过敏原标签提高了过敏消费者的食品安全性。然而，另一种形式的自愿标签（称为预防性过敏原标签）已经在各种包装商品上出现，制造商试图最大限度地减少客户的风险，以及在生产过程中接触微量食品过敏原可能导致的对业务的负面影响。这导致多种不同的预防性过敏原标签的使用几乎无处不在，随后许多消费者对其意义感到困惑。食品生产和制造的全球性使得世界各地过敏原标签法规的协调变得越来越重要。解决各国在标签立法方面的不一致问题，以及改进甚至禁止预防性过敏标签，都可能是改善过敏家庭食品安全的重大步骤。本文概述了世界各地过敏原标签立法的现状，并回顾了当前现有的预防性过敏原标签对过敏消费者的价值。我们强烈敦促考虑建立一个国际框架，以帮助制定解决现行制度弱点的路线图，并讨论立法在促进这一方面的作用。
Food allergy appears to be on the rise with the current mainstay of treatment centred on allergen avoidance. Mandatory allergen labelling has improved the safety of food for allergic consumers. However an additional form of voluntary labelling (termed precautionary allergen labelling) has evolved on a wide range of packaged goods, in a bid by manufacturers to minimise risk to customers, and the negative impact on business that might result from exposure to trace amounts of food allergen present during cross-contamination during production. This has resulted in near ubiquitous utilisation of a multitude of different precautionary allergen labels with subsequent confusion amongst many consumers as to their significance. The global nature of food production and manufacturing makes harmonisation of allergen labelling regulations across the world a matter of increasing importance. Addressing inconsistencies across countries with regards to labelling legislation, as well as improvement or even banning of precautionary allergy labelling are both likely to be significant steps forward in improved food safety for allergic families. This article outlines the current status of allergen labelling legislation around the world and reviews the value of current existing precautionary allergen labelling for the allergic consumer. We strongly urge for an international framework to be considered to help roadmap a solution to the weaknesses of the current systems, and discuss the role of legislation in facilitating this.