Concerns arise: wheat allergy risk in pre-packaged food products from China  

作　　者：Wenfeng Liu Jian Wang Zhongliang Wang Fangfang Min Yong Wu Juanli Yuan Jinyan Gao Hongbing Chen 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources,Nanchang University,Nanchang 330047,China [2]School of Food Science and Technology,Nanchang University,Nanchang 330031,China [3]Sino-German Joint Research Institute,Nanchang University,Nanchang 330047,China [4]Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Food Allergy,Nanchang University,Nanchang 330047,China [5]School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Nanchang University,Nanchang 330036,China

出　　处：《Food Science and Human Wellness》2024年第6期3139-3149,共11页食品科学与人类健康（英文）

基　　金：supported by the Central Government Guide Local Special Fund Project for Scientific and Technological Development of Jiangxi Province(20221ZDD02001).

摘　　要：Understanding and monitoring the cross-contamination of food allergens is crucial for safeguarding public health and ensuring food safety.Food allergen risk assessment,derived from classical toxicological principles,can identify and quantify the risk of allergies.This study aimed to investigate the risk of wheat allergic reactions to prepackaged foods from China through the utilization of food allergen risk assessment.A total of 575 products have been surveyed,wheat/gluten,milk and egg were major allergens labelled on products.According to voluntary incidental trace allergen labelling 3.0(VITAL®3.0)program,the number of products belonged to Action Level 2 were 303.Integration of precautionary allergen labeling(PAL)analysis indicated that 9.57%products would pose a potential risk to wheat allergic individuals.The probabilistic risk assessment results suggest that 7984 allergic reactions may arise among wheat-allergic consumers during 10000 eating occasions due to the consumption of pre-packaged food products with incorrect wheat-related allergen labelling.This study demonstrated that a risk assessment-based approach can support the guidance of allergen labelling and management of food allergen for pre-packaged food products,providing protection for allergic individuals in food consumption and for food manufacturers in food production and trade.

关 键 词：Food allergens Allergen labelling Pre-packaged food Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) Voluntary incidental trace allergen labelling (VITAL) Quantitative risk assessment 

分 类 号：TS201.6[轻工技术与工程—食品科学]