you are here: Home: Food Industry: Allergy conference
 
Printer friendly version
 
Information
Food Alerts
Database
Guidance for schools and pre-schools
Info for Young Adults
Health Professionals
Food Industry
Allergy conference for the food industry
Information for the food industry
Key messages for caterers
Join Us
Products
Events
Donate
Contact Us

 


Allergy conference for the food industry

The 2nd Fresenius Conference, on food allergens, was held at Darmstadt, near Frankfurt, Germany, on June 13-14. The speakers included some of the world's foremost experts on food allergy from the UK, USA and Europe.

The subjects discussed include; threshold levels in food allergy, quantitative methods for allergenic food risk assessment, current status of the U.S. legal situation, directive 2003/89/EC and practical implications, analytical methods for the detection and quantification of allergenic food components, and labelling of allergens.


What are the symptoms?

Serious ones include a severe drop in blood pressure (where you go weak and floppy); severe asthma; or a closing of the throat.

Mild or moderate symptoms may include itching or swelling in the mouth, hives anywhere on the body, generalised flushing of the skin, or nausea and vomiting.

Symptoms usually occur after seconds or minutes, and may progress rapidly. Occasionally they begin a few hours after contact with the allergenic food or substance.

The little boy on the right is suffering facial swelling and urticaria. These are not life-threatening in themselves but may lead to more severe symptoms.
 
Back to Top