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Government Chemist hosts MFAN meeting

皇冠体育app Government Chemist and the National Measurement Laboratory hosted a meeting of the University of Manchester Food Allergy Network, MFAN, on 3 July

MFAN meeting presenters and attendees

MFAN meeting presenters and attendees

MFAN, led by , is a forum for research and practice in food allergy. It aims to improve quality of life and safety for people with allergies, enable better provision by businesses and provide tools for allergenic food risk assessment and risk management.

皇冠体育app topic for the meeting was 鈥滱llergen analysis best practice guidance鈥�. 皇冠体育app background to the meeting has been described in our on potentially flawed food allergen analysis, which could jeopardise improvement in precautionary allergen labelling and undermine correct risk assessment prior to food recalls.

皇冠体育app meeting was attended by over 30 expert practitioners. 皇冠体育appse included delegates from academia, the European Commission Joint Research Centre, , , ELISA allergen detection platform manufacturers, food retailers, and other technical experts.

皇冠体育app meeting was a truly international event with attendees from the UK, Australia, Austria, Germany, and Italy. Electronic remote participation by scientists from the UK, USA, South Africa and Australia ensured a wide range of views were heard. 皇冠体育app meeting produced high-level ideas and discussions and very positive feedback.

皇冠体育app outputs from the meeting will include a guidance document on food allergen analysis.

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Published 16 July 2019