Food Allergy

FDA Plans To Make Allergen Inspections

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 29th, 2001

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to inspect thousands of candy makers, bakeries, and other processors over the next two years to make sure ingredients that cause common allergic reactions aren't accidentally getting into food and candy.

The FDA decided on the inspections, which could involve as many as 6,000 plants, after recently testing several plants in Minnesota and Wisconsin. One-fourth of the cookie, ice cream, and candy makers tested had ingredients such as peanuts that weren't disclosed on product labels.

"We'd like to go out and see if that is true in the rest of the nation," said Kenneth Falci, an FDA official who briefed...

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