Audit of manufactured products: Use of allergen advisory labels and identification of labeling ambiguities

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-341

  Pieretti, Mariah M ^a   Chung, Danna ^a   Pacenza, Robert ^b   Slotkin, Todd ^b   Sicherer, Scott H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Food Allergy Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

advisory labeling; FALCPA; Food allergy; quality of life; regulation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GELATIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAD; CACAO; CANNED FOOD; CHEMICAL LABELING; EGG; FISH; FLAVOR; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MILK; NOMENCLATURE; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAFETY; SHELLFISH; SOYBEAN; SPICE;

ALLERGENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67651235567     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.05.032     Document Type: Article

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