Advisory food labels: Consumers with allergies need more than "traces" of information

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7828, 2011, Pages

  Turner, Paul J ^a,b   Kemp, Andrew S ^b,c   Campbell, Dianne E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBOHYDRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MILK PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SOYBEAN OIL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CATERING SERVICE; CEREAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CRIMINAL LAW; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; LAW; LOWEST OBSERVED ADVERSE EFFECT LEVEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MILK ALLERGY; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOLUNTARY INCIDENTAL TRACE ALLERGEN LABELLING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLERGENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EUROPE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD LABELING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; RISK;

EID: 84856375554     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6180     Document Type: Article

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