Food intolerance and allergy research
Agency research work that investigates food intolerance and allergy.
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Consumer surveys on allergy and intolerance
Scientific surveys provide important information on consumer attitudes and understanding to allergy and allergy labelling. This can be used to help food businesses give helpful information to customers who need to avoid certain ingredients because of an allergy.
Food Intolerance including Food Allergy Research Programme (T07)
The Food Intolerance Research Programme aims to investigate the causes and mechanisms underlying food intolerance, including food allergy. The work has in recent years focused on severe food allergy, in particular peanut allergy, and a major aim is to identify risk factors associated with the development of food allergy so that appropriate information can be provided for consumers.
T07 Programme Review 2003
A review of the Food Intolerance Research Programme was held on 25th-27th November 2003 at Moat House Hotel, York.
T07 Programme Review 2008
A review of the Food Intolerance Research Programme was held on 19 - 21 February 2008 at the Castle hotel in Windsor.
Report of a joint FSA-MRC scientific Workshop
Over 50 leading research scientists and clinicians with expertise in food allergy and relevant areas participated in the Workshop which was held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London.
T07 Project details
Details of Agency-funded projects under the Food Allergy research programme (T07).
Food allergy conference: communicating uncertainty
The Agency, in partnership with the Anaphylaxis Campaign, held a conference on ‘Communicating the science of food allergy’ in London on 14 March 2011. The audience was a broad mix, from academia, the food industry and people with, or catering for people with, food allergy.