Food Allergies lecture: from chaos, confusion and concern to commitment and control
Steve Taylor is a regular expert columnist for SFWB. Click here to read his articles.
Food allergies began to emerge as a critical public health issue in the early 1990s. Many factors contributed to this emergence including publicity in several countries following the unfortunate deaths of food-allergic children, the creation of consumer groups devoted to food allergies in several countries, and activist concerns about the potential allergencity of GMO crops.