This letter proposes updating mandatory food allergen labelling in Europe to include five new allergens, indicating a need for improved consumer protection.
Summary We propose to update the current European mandatory labelling of foods list (last version in 2011), including at least five new food allergens: buckwheat, peas‐lentil, pine nut, goat's and sheep's milk (GSM), and alpha‐Gal. GSM should be on the mandatory labelling list as a high proportion of people allergic to GSM tolerate cow's milk; therefore, the labelling ‘mammalian milk’ or ‘cow's milk’ isn't sufficient to protect them.
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