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Article: European chocolate bars have undeclared peanut content.
- Article from:
- Respiratory Therapeutics Week
- Article date:
- December 8, 2003
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2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- European brand chocolate bars, have undeclared peanut content; this provides risk of anaphylaxis to the peanut-sensitive.
According to published research from Canada, "peanut allergens are both stable and potent, and are capable of inducing anaphylactic reactions at low concentrations. Consequently, the consumption of peanuts remains the most common cause of food-induced anaphylactic death.
"Since accidental exposure to peanuts is a common cause of potentially fatal anaphylaxis in peanut-allergic individuals, we tested for the presence of peanut protein in chocolate bars produced in Europe and North America that ...