Ambiguous labeling of food products causes allergic reactions

In a recent study by the University Medical Center Utrecht and The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, 157 people with a food allergy were followed for one year. Nearly half of the participants experienced one or more unexpected allergic reactions due to unclear or incomplete warnings.
Participants who experienced an accidental allergic reaction were asked to report this reaction and send in a sample of the culprit product. The analysis showed that half of the products without an allergen warning on the label contained allergens like milk, egg, peanut or hazelnut. Sometimes a single product could contain up to 4 different undeclared allergens (TNO, 18 June 2018).
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