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Abstract(s)
Food-induced allergies represent an emerging problem of food
safety. Thus, to safeguard the health of sensitised consumers,
food ingredients that may cause allergic reactions should be
properly labelled and possible cross-contamination should be
avoided. Among food allergies, abnormal immunological
responses towards tree nuts are pointed as a frequent source of
serious atypical reactions, in which the hypersensitivities
associated to almond and hazelnut ingestion are considered
dangerous due to their incidence and severity [1 ,2]. Although
immunological methods have been used for the direct detection
of the almond and hazelnut allergens with high sensitivity, these
assays are susceptible to cross-reactivity with other tree nuts
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Keywords
Food allergens Almond detection Hazelnut detection PCR Chocolate
Citation
Costa, Joana; Melo, Vítor S.; Santos, Cristina G.; Mafra, Isabel; Amaral, J.S.; Estevinho, Leticia M.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P. (2011). Comparision of DNA extraction methods to detect trace amounts of tree nut allergens in chocolates. In 5th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis. Praga