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ArticleClinical and translational allergy2023

Reactivity to allergenic food contaminants: A study on products on the market.

Alessandro Fiocchi, Linda Monaci, Elisabetta De Angelis, Veronica Calandrelli, Lamia Dahdah, Rocco Valluzzi, Sara Urbani, Carmen Mazzuca, Stefania Arasi, Arianna Cafarotti and 6 more

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Article in Clinical and translational allergy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandro FiocchiAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-0523
Linda MonaciInstitute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy.
Elisabetta De AngelisInstitute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy.
Veronica CalandrelliAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Lamia DahdahAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Rocco ValluzziAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Sara UrbaniAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Carmen MazzucaAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Stefania ArasiAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Arianna CafarottiAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Carla RiccardiAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Maria Cristina ArtesaniAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Lorenza PutignaniUnit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Valentina PecoraAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Valeria MarzanoUnit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo FierroAllergy Dpt, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITInstitute of Sciences of Food Production · IT

Funding

Allegria ONLUS, Milan, Italy n.a.Soremartec Italia S.R.L., Alba, Italy n.a.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe frequency and severity of reactions in food-allergic consumers exposed to unintentional food allergen contamination during production is unknown. To warn allergic consumers, it has been suggested for pre-packaged foods to be precautionary labelled when the food allergen contamination may exceed the amount to which 1%-5% of the population could react (ED01-ED05). ED01 for hazelnut and milk have been estimated at 0.1 and 0.2 mg, respectively, by the Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labelling (VITAL) initiative. The respective reference doses recommended by the FAO/WHO Codex consultation are 3 and 2 mg. We evaluated the reactivity to potential traces of milk and hazelnut allergens in allergen-free pre-packaged products by children affected by severe allergies to milk and hazelnuts.

methodsOral Food Challenges with commercially available hazelnut-free wafer biscuits and milk-free chocolate pralines were administered to patients with severe food allergies to hazelnut and cow's milk, respectively. Contamination levels of milk or hazelnut allergens were measured using chromatographic separation interfaced with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry.

resultsNo hazelnut allergic patient showed allergic reactions to exposure to biscuits, nor any milk allergic patient displayed allergic reactions to the dark chocolate praline. While no hazelnut trace was detected in biscuits, the praline was found to be contaminated by milk at concentrations ranging between 8 and 35 mg total protein/kg food. In our dose model, these amounts exceeded 1.5-10 times the VITAL ED01 and reached the threshold suggested by the FAO/WHO Codex consultation.

conclusionsUpon the consumption of food products available on the market, many patients with severe food allergies tolerate significantly higher doses of allergen than reference doses indicated in the VITAL system used for precautionary allergen labelling. These doses support the safety of the FAO/WHO recommended reference doses.

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allergen toxicityfood allergyhazelnut allergymilk allergyprecautionary allergen labelling

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PMID37746792
PMCPMC10515704
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