The Food Allergen Generation

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During one of the earlier lectures, we discussed how food science has changed in the past century, the past 50 years, and even in the past 20 years that you’ve been around.

For your generation, in particular, the food allergen issue is one you’ve been hearing about probably since you were in 1st grade.  But for your parents’ generation (and certainly mine), we never heard of food allergies and never knew that a person could get sick (or die) from eating peanuts.  Before your generation, there was no labeling and the food industry paid little attention to this issue.

This situation, as you know, is completely different.  Starting this week, Dr. Joe Baumert, one of the leading experts in this area, will explain how we got to this point.  He will also lead you through case studies so you have a sense of the sometimes difficult decisions a food company could have to make when faced with the prospect of multi-million dollar recalls.