Food allergen labelling - it's role in the food safety of food allergic consumers
2010
Pálfi, E., Semmelweis University, Budapest (Hungary). Faculty of Health Sciences | Barna, M., Semmelweis University, Budapest (Hungary). Faculty of Health Sciences
The prevalence of food allergy is 3-4% in adults and 5% in children. The treatments is allergen elimination diet that should be feasible only on the bases of information about allergen content. Aims of this research were finding the best intervention strategies. Method was computer used multi-criteria interview to provide an integrative and comparative analysis of the differing perspectives of 30 stakeholders on a broad range of possible types of interventions. They suggested the relevant labelling is a good intervention point; the mean score was 6.7-7.8+/-2.74. On the grounds of opinion of most stakeholders we could say the adequate and understandable allergen labelling and allergic consumer education as intervention point was preferred in food allergy management.
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