The objectives of this study are to report the prevalence of self-reported food allergy, to identify the characteristics of food allergy reactions, and to describe the use of labels among adults with food allergy.
Food labelling is a method the government uses to communicate between sellers, producers and consumers. Identification of food allergens is one the main elements of food labelling. This is due to alerting consumers of the ingredients that could lead to an allergic reaction is vital as it could possibly result in death (Foodprotection.org, 2016)
Today our group will be demonstrating the impacts of mislabelled foods and scientific language on labels. We will discuss how to communicate on a large scale/ to …show more content…
Food allergy research association have estimated that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies (Foodallergy.org, 2016). 4.1million Australians (19.6% of the population) (Allergycapital.com.au, 2016) and every 3 minutes a food allergy sends someone to the hospital (Foodallergy.org, 2016).
Many of these hospital visits are related to poorly labelled and confusing food items. The research association study indicates that there is real no cure for food allergies and one of the main treatments is avoidance, so failure to label an allergen can be extremely dangerous to the consumer (Foodallergy.org, 2016). …show more content…
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