Poor understanding of allergen labelling by allergic and non-allergic consumers.
Bregje C HollemanHarmieke van Os-MedendorpHuub van den BerghLiselotte M van DijkYvette F M LindersW Marty BlomKitty C M VerhoeckxAnouska Michelsen-HuismanGeert F HoubenAndré C KnulstLeo R LentzPublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2021)
Both allergic and non-allergic consumers find allergen information difficult to interpret on packaged foods and misunderstand PAL, incorrectly distinguishing different risk levels for different PAL wording. Clearer allergy information guidelines are called for, and the use of only one PAL wording is recommended.
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