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AIVI - December 2008 - Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2008.1052

DETECTION OF ALLERGENS IN MEAT PRODUCTS: MONITORING DURING THE YEAR 2007

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Received: 8 February 2013
Published: 19 December 2008
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Allergens, egg proteins, milk proteins, meat products.

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J Lai
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, .
D Adriano
Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, .
S Fragassi
Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, .
E. Pivetta
Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, .
M. Fabbri
Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, .
U. Baldi
Regione Piemonte, Vigilanza e Controllo degli Alimenti di Origine Animale, .
L Decastelli
Istituto Zooprofilattico del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, .
Food allergies are an important health problem in industrialized countires. Undeclared allergens in the label represent a big risk for consumers. The Directive 2003/89/EC oblige to declare in the label all ingredients and derived substances, abolishing the rule of 25% and the possibility to indicate only one of the ingredients under the name of the class as in the old Directive 2000/13EC. In this study it is presented a monitoring plan of allergens in meat products during the year 2007 in the Pedmont Region. The analyses are carried out with an ELISA test for the detection of the egg-proteins and for the detection of milk protein; an UV-method is used to detect the lactose. The results show a percentage of 4.72% of analyses with a detection of allergens not declared in the label; for this reason it is important to continue an efficient and constant monitoring.

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DETECTION OF ALLERGENS IN MEAT PRODUCTS: MONITORING DURING THE YEAR 2007. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2008 Dec. 19 [cited 2026 Jul. 25];1(2):41-3. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2008.2.41

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