It’s easy to tell when certain allergens are present. Congress passed the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act in 2004, a rule book for manufacturers. Companies must tell consumers ...

Pull a packaged food off an American store shelf and the ingredients label should say if the product intentionally contains one of nine recognized allergens. That’s because in 2004, Congress ...

Lactose intolerance and dairy allergy are not the same thing. ... In most cases, staying safe means reading food labels to see if milk or ingredients containing milk are included.

Timmy Howard died just days after graduating from the University of Rhode Island. His parents are now bringing awareness to food labels and allergies.

Suffering severe, life-threatening food allergies, all three avoid eating in restaurants because the risk of exposure to an allergen is too great. In an effort to help the estimated 4 million ...

The Kids With Food Allergies Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group, posted an alert about dairy contamination in Chick-fil-A grilled nuggets and grilled chicken filets on social media on August 23.

In addition to staying up-to-date on food recalls, one of the best things that people with dairy allergies can do is to look ...

Sesame allergies seem to be a lot more common that previously thought. According to a new study out this weekend, as many as 1.5 million Americans could ...