Eight foods were previously identified as major food allergens: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans.
At least 4.5 million adults in the U.S. are impacted by a peanut allergy, according to researchers.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidance Monday on, ahead of designating sesame as a "major food allergen" which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2023.
The FDA issued a new and revised "questions and answers" document related to labeling food allergens, including requirements in the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2021 and the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004.major food allergen " and requiring that foods or ingredients that contain a major food allergen be specifically labeled with the name of the allergen source.This law previously identified eight foods as major food allergens: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. In April, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that would make sesame the ninth U.S. major food allergen and requires food makers to clearly label packaging by January 2023.
More than 1.5 million people are allergic to sesame, the edible seeds of the sesame plant that are a common ingredient in dishes around the world, according to
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