Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5857789 | Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology | 2010 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Uncertainty about food allergy, its consequences and how to manage them is the common denominator of the stakeholders' views. In patients, uncertainty is caused by the unpredictability of reactions and the concern about whether avoidance strategies will be effective enough. Variability of symptoms and the lack of markers do not allow stratification of patients according to their reactivity, and force health professionals to give the same advice to all patients despite the fact that the risk to each is not identical. Regulators and the food industry struggle with the fact that the lack of management thresholds forces them to make case-by-case decisions in an area of uncertainty with penalties for under- or over-prediction. As zero risk is not a realistic possibility, consensus on acceptable risk will be needed.
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Authors
Charlotte B. Madsen, René Crevel, Chun-Han Chan, Anthony E.J. Dubois, Audrey DunnGalvin, Bertine M.J. Flokstra-de Blok, M. Hazel Gowland, Sue Hattersley, Jonathan O'B Hourihane, Pia Nørhede, Sylvia Pfaff, Gene Rowe, Sabine Schnadt,