FOOD ALLERGIES SHOULD GET PAN-EU ATTENTION, SCIENTISTS TELL EU CONFERENCE
July 1st, 2006
BY MARK ROWE, in Munich
FOOD allergies can only be truly understood if they are studied at a pan-European level, according to scientists at a key European science convention. Dr Sian Astley, of the Institute of Food Research (IFR), in Norwich, said that only by studying allergies across different countries could the scale of the problem be understood. "We think food allergies are increasing and we have about one million people in the UK who have food allergies," said Dr Astley, speaking at the Euroscience Open Forum in Munich. "In reality, that ...
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