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Adverse reactions to food and food ingredients (2000)

This report by the COT considers adverse reactions to food both of immune origin (food allergy) and non-immune origin (food intolerance).

The report was drafted by a specially constituted Working Group of the Committee with the following terms of reference:

• to consider whether the incidence and prevalence of adverse reactions to foods and ingredients are changing;
• to consider those foods identified as commonly causing adverse reactions and rank them separately for prevalence, potency and severity of reaction;
• to consider the underlying mechanisms;
• to identify factors, both genetic and environmental, which may increase the risk to health.

• COT report on peanut allergy (1998)
• Food Intolerance Working Group
• Adverse reactions to food and food ingredients (10MB)
  COT Report
• Adverse reactions to food and food ingredients: Appendices (4MB)