If you are concerned about food allergy it is good to know the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires all food manufacturers to list common food allergens on food labels. Even better is: Food manufacturers are required to list the common food allergens in simple terms that adults and older children can easily understand. These labeling requirements are to help us reduce the chance of an accidental allergic reaction to a food. These food label requirements were revised in January of 2006.
Where to look for common allergen list on the food labels: Look either in the ingredients list, after the list, or right next to it.
Did you ever believe that 0nondairy0 means there is no milk in a product in the case you are allergic to milk products. I sure would think this would be the case. Before the label guidelines were revised, the use of 0nondairy0 was allowed even when the foods contained milk byproducts such as 0casein0 (a milk-derived protein). With the new guidelines if a product contains milk byproducts (that you could be allergic to), the label will lists the term 0milk0 in parenthesis after the term 0casein,0 or whatever other milk byproduct used. Or, the label […]

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