SUSAN ALLERGEN
What is sesame allergy?
Sesame allergy is a hypersensitiveness of the body to the substances contained in sesame seeds and which causes an excessive reaction of the immune system
Sesame allergy is one of several food allergies that begins at the beginning of life, usually before the age of 3 and often resolves by the age of 10 and has recently been introduced by the FSA and the EU on the list of allergens.
Detection procedure for the presence of SESAME in food
In the laboratory, quantitative dosing of sesame allergen is performed by ELISA method.
Legislation in the field
According to the European Union legislation (Regulation 1169/2011) the following substances are defined that can cause allergies and which are mandatory to be labelled on food products:
ANEXA II
SUBSTANCES THAT CAUSE ALLERGIES OR INTOLERANCES
| 1. | Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt wheat, durum wheat or hybrids thereof and derived products, with the exception of:
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