Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
An Italian survey of undeclared allergens in food over the years 2014–2018 / L. DeCastelli, F. Arioli, D.M. Bianchi, A. Barbaro, M. Nobile, S. Panseri, L.M. Chiesa. - In: FOOD ADDITIVES & CONTAMINANTS. PART B, SURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1939-3210. - (2020 Mar), pp. 1-6. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract:
Large population studies estimated that the frequency of food allergies is increasing worldwide.
In the last two decades, a ‘second wave’ of the allergy epidemic has emerged as a growing public
health problem. EU regulation strengthened information to consumers about allergens in prepacked
food, since December 2014 it has been extended to non-prepacked foods by the
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Commission. The present work aims to present
a five-year survey on the presence of nine types of allergen in several foods, including food of
animal origin and baby food. The concentration found for each irregular allergen is generally low,
but some samples with no gluten indication contained a concentration above 10 mg kg−1 with
the highest value of 138.5 mg kg−1 in a dietetic food, during the screening in 2017. These data
underline the importance and the necessity of a complete food labelling to protect the majority
of allergic individuals.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Undeclared allergens; survey; food safety; screening; crosscontamination
Elenco autori:
L. DeCastelli, F. Arioli, D.M. Bianchi, A. Barbaro, M. Nobile, S. Panseri, L.M. Chiesa
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