Dive Summary:
- Professor Clare Mills is leading University of Manchester researchers in the world's largest food allergy study, which includes industry stakeholders like Unilever and Eurofins, food allergy patient groups and the UK Food Standards Agency.
- The three-year, £9 million study, known as Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management, will set standard management practices for food manufacturers and develop evidence-based knowledge to provide allergic individuals with better health advice.
- An informatics platform, Allerg-e-lab, is also recommended for development by the researchers in order to extend the study to and integrate existing cohorts from previous studies on the effect of maternal diet on food allergy development, to establish risk factors for food allergy development, and to develop methods appropriate for allergen management.
From the article:
Researchers at the University of Manchester led by Professor Clare Mills have undertaken the world’s largest food allergy study, known as Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM). ...