FDA adds new major food allergen to its list of regulated ingredients

In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration created the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act that identified eight foods as "major food allergens": milk, eggs, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybeans. Among other things, that means manufacturers are required to list on packaging whether a product could contain any of those ingredients. — Read the rest