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Article: FDA requires better labeling for food allergens.(Regulatory Analysis)(Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer protection Act)(Food and Drug Administration)
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- Food & Drug Packaging
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- September 1, 2004
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Sometimes it can be the simple laws that can cause companies the most work and consternation. This may be the case with the newly enacted Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer protection Act of 2004. Now, that's not to say that it's a bad idea; several million people in the U.S. suffer food allergies. Congress estimated about 2% of the adult population and up to 5% of infants and young children are allergic to some foods. Some 30,000 people require emergency hospital treatment and as many as 150 die each year.
This new law hopes to reduce those numbers by giving food allergy sufferers adequate notice that a processed food product contains an ingredient that is made ...