Journal article
Role of food labels in accidental exposures in food-allergic individuals in Canada
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the impact of food labeling on the allergic consumer.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the proportion of food-allergic individuals attributing an accidental exposure to inappropriate labeling, failure to read a food label, or ignoring a precautionary statement and to identify factors associated with accidental exposures.
Authors
Sheth SS; Waserman S; Kagan R; Alizadehfar R; Primeau M-N; Elliot S; St. Pierre Y; Wickett R; Joseph L; Harada L
Journal
Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, Vol. 104, No. 1, pp. 60–65
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.anai.2009.11.008
ISSN
1081-1206