The current status and issue of food allergen labeling in Korea
- Authors
- Jeon, You Hoon; Kim, Hyun Hee; Park, Yong Mean; Jang, Gwang Cheon; Kim, Hye-Young; Yum, Hye Yung; Kim, Jihyun; Ahn, Kangmo; Min, Taek Ki; Pyun, Bok Yang; Lee, Sooyoung; Kim, Kyung Won; Kim, Yoon Hee; Lee, Jeongmin; Lee, So-Yeon; Kim, Woo Kyung; Song, Tae Won; Kim, Jeong Hee; Lee, Yong Ju
- Issue Date
- Apr-2019
- Publisher
- 대한 소아알레르기 호흡기학회
- Keywords
- Allergy; Food; Labeling
- Citation
- Allergy Asthma & Respiratory Diseases, v.7, no.2, pp 67 - 72
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- Allergy Asthma & Respiratory Diseases
- Volume
- 7
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 67
- End Page
- 72
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/4601
- DOI
- 10.4168/aard.2019.7.2.67
- ISSN
- 2288-0402
2288-0410
- Abstract
- With increasing need to prevent serious food allergy reactions, Korean food allergen labeling regulation has been revised repeatedly. This paper aims to summarize current statuses of food allergen labeling in Korea and foreign countries and to analyze the issue of food allergen labeling regulation. Korean food labeling regulation currently requires 19 items and 22 foods to be reported on labels (eggs, milk, buckwheat, peanut, soybean, wheat, mackerel, crab, shrimp, pork, peach, tomato, sulfite, walnut, chicken, beef, squid, shellfish, and pine nut). However, some common food triggers (for example, almond, cashew nut, and kiwi fruit) are not included in the current labeling regulation. Another issue is that the Korean labeling regulation has not yet been fully implemented for nonprepacked foods; thus, consumers still have difficulty in correctly identifying allergenic ingredients in food. It should be assessed whether warning statements for cross-contamination are reasonable. To prevent the occurrence of serious reactions from accidental ingestion, efforts must be made to solve recently raised issues including the items required to be listed on food labels, the system of standards for labeling and display methods.
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