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U.S. House Passes FASTER Act, Sesame to Become 9th Top Allergen
In a huge win for the food allergy community, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FASTER Act on April… Read more »
Advocates’ Help Needed in ‘Full-Throttle’ Effort to Make Sesame 9th Top Allergen
Updated Jan. 30: The proposed FASTER Act, which would make sesame the ninth top U.S. food allergen, came so close… Read more »
House Passes FASTER Act, Sesame Closer to Status as 9th Top Allergen
Following years of lobbying by non-profit groups and food allergy families, sesame has moved a significant step forward to becoming… Read more »
Food Allergy in Brief: Milk in Dairy-Free Chocolate; Sesame Label Update
Milk Risks in Dark Chocolate The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found that some dark chocolate labeled as “dairy-free”… Read more »
FDA Launches Process to Weigh Making Sesame the Top 9th Allergen
After years of lobbying from the U.S. food allergy community, the FDA announced on Oct. 29, 2018 that it was… Read more »
Natasha Inquest: Coroner Finds Poor Allergy Labeling Led to Teen’s Death
A British coroner plans to call for a review of a labeling loophole that allowed a giant sandwich chain to… Read more »
The Allergens to Watch – Sesame to Lentils and More
From the Allergic Living archives; this popular article was first published in the magazine in 2010 and updated in 2016.… Read more »
An Allergy Mom’s Lament for Sesame
And then, there was no sesame. There was no granola, or hummus, or halvah, or hamburger buns with sesame stuck… Read more »