Food Division Chemistry

Food Allergen Testing Laboratory

Since late November 2005, food labelling regulations in the UK and Europe have insisted that allergens deliberately added to pre-packed food and food products must be labelled with allergen information.

ILS can provide a wide range of food allergen testing, whether it is in finished products, raw materials, rinse waters or environmental swabs.

Food Allergen testing is carried out on the following list of allergenic foods:

•  Cereals with Gluten
•  Crustaceans
•  Eggs
•  Fish
•  Peanuts
•  Soyabeans
•  Milk
•  Celery
•  Lupin
•  Molluscs
•  Mustard
•  Sesame
•  Sulphur dioxide / sulphites
•  Nuts  (see list of nuts tested below)

Nut Allergen Testing includes.

• Almond
• Hazelnut
• Walnut
• Cashew
• Pecan
• Brazil
• Pistachio
• Macadamia
• Queensland

Contact ILS - for more information and prices on allergen testing and analysis

ILS can also conduct the following Food Allergen Testing:

• Histamine
• Mycotoxin Testing

Useful Links

 http://foodallergens.ifr.ac.uk/

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