The Big 8 of allergens includes eggs, fish, milk, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat. Ninety percent of food allergy reactions occur to one of these foods. In allergen-free dining halls like ...

They're called the "Big 8," and they comprise 90 percent of the foods people are either allergic to or intolerant of: Cow's milk, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, soybeans, eggs, fish ...

Under the FASTER Act (S.578), sesame would be added to the ‘Big 8’ list of allergens subject to ‘Contains…’ labeling on US food labels (milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, crustacean ...

Up until now, the Big 8 allergens have been (in order of prevalence in the U.S.): shellfish, peanut, milk, tree nuts, egg, fish, wheat and soy. Another allergen, however, joined the list this week ...

It's an ordinary fall day at the University of North Texas and Chef Rudy Vasquez is busy deep-frying one of today’s lunch specials, chicken fingers. Only,… ...

Since Arianna Ibarra was 14 years old, she’s never eaten fast-food. She wound up in the hospital in her teens with allergies to gluten, dairy, soy, beef and pork.

According to the CDC, an estimated 8% of U.S. children have a food allergy. That is roughly one in 13 children or about two students per classroom. Food allergy is also estimated to affect 5% of ...

Colorado’s Mulay’s Sausage, the first and only meat company to be Certified Free From the “Big 9”allergens. Mulay’s was founded in Colorado 30 years ago by Loree Mulay Weisman in hopes ...