Survey of peanut levels in selected Irish food products bearing peanut allergen advisory labels

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1467-1472

  Robertson, Orla N ^a,b   Hourihane, Jonathan O'B ^b   Remington, Benjamin C ^a   Baumert, Joseph L ^a   Taylor, Steve L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

advisory labelling; food allergy; labelling; peanut

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENS; ALLERGIES; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); FOOD PRODUCTS; LABELING; MANUFACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALLERGIC REACTIONS; FOOD ALLERGIES; FOOD MANUFACTURERS; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGENS; PEANUT ALLERGIES; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; REPUBLIC OF IRELAND;

OILSEEDS;

ALLERGEN; PEANUT ANTIGEN; PEANUT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSUMER; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

ANTIGENS, PLANT; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CANDY; CEREALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAST FOODS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD LABELING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEGISLATION, FOOD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEEDS;

EID: 84883489561     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.804953     Document Type: Article

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