As of Jan. 1, sesame has officially joined the list of major food allergens, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
was signed into law in April 2021 and expanded the definition of"major food allergen" to include sesame.
Food already in circulation before 2023 doesn’t need to be removed from retail shelves or relabeled to declare sesame as an allergen — “so depending on shelf life, some food products may not have allergen labeling for sesame on the effective date,” the FDA said.
Dr. Scott H. Sicherer, one of the authors of the study and director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai, said in an email to Yahoo News that other countries such as Canada and Australia, and the European Union, have included sesame in their labeling laws for years, “and, happily, now the US laws also include sesame.”
“For our patients, going forward this means that sesame cannot be hidden in umbrella terms such as ‘natural flavoring’ or ‘spices’ and people will not have to make a mistake because a word like ‘tahini’ is on a label but not the word ‘sesame,’” Sicherer said.— from baked goods and bread crumbs to sushi, soups, dressings and sauces.
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