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What are Food Allergens?

Monday, October 11, 2010


 
The CODEX Critical Allergen list is as listed below:-

  • Peanut
  • Tree nuts
  • Milk & Milk Based Products
  • Fish
  • Shellfish
  • Egg
  • Soya
  • Wheat

Allergens defined by the EU are:
·         cereals containing gluten (wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kumat or their hybridised strains) and products thereof
·          crustaceans and products thereof
·          eggs and products thereof
·          fish and products thereof
·          peanuts and products thereof
·          soybeans and products thereof
·          milk and products thereof
·          nuts: almond (Amygdalus communis L), hazelnut (Corylus avellana), walnut (Juglans regia), cashew (Anacardium occidentale), pecan (Carya illinoiesis (Wangenh.) K Koch),brazil (Bertholletia excelsa), pistachio (Pistacia vera), macadamia and Queensland (Macadamia ternifolia) and products thereof
·          celery and products thereof
·          lupin and products thereof
·          molluscs and products thereof
·          mustard and products thereof
·          sesame seeds and products thereof
·          sulphur dioxide and sulphites at concentrations of more than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/litre expressed as SO2.
Refer to: Directive 2003/89/EC of 10 November 2003 amending Directive 000/13/EC.

 

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