The current status and issue of food allergen labeling in Korea
- Author:
You Hoon JEON
1
;
Hyun Hee KIM
;
Yong Mean PARK
;
Gwang Cheon JANG
;
Hye Young KIM
;
Hye Yung YUM
;
Jihyun KIM
;
Kangmo AHN
;
Taek Ki MIN
;
Bok Yang PYUN
;
Sooyoung LEE
;
Kyung Won KIM
;
Yoon Hee KIM
;
Jeongmin LEE
;
So Yeon LEE
;
Woo Kyung KIM
;
Tae Won SONG
;
Jeong Hee KIM
;
Yong Ju LEE
;
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Allergy; Food; Labeling
- MeSH: Anacardium; Arachis; Chickens; Decapodiformes; Eating; Fagopyrum; Food Hypersensitivity; Food Labeling; Hypersensitivity; Juglans; Korea; Lycopersicon esculentum; Milk; Nuts; Perciformes; Prunus dulcis; Prunus persica; Red Meat; Shellfish; Soybeans; Triticum
- From:Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease 2019;7(2):67-72
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: With increasing need to prevent serious food allergy reactions, Korean food allergen labeling regulation has been revised repeatedly. This paper aims to summarize current statuses of food allergen labeling in Korea and foreign countries and to analyze the issue of food allergen labeling regulation. Korean food labeling regulation currently requires 19 items and 22 foods to be reported on labels (eggs, milk, buckwheat, peanut, soybean, wheat, mackerel, crab, shrimp, pork, peach, tomato, sulfite, walnut, chicken, beef, squid, shellfish, and pine nut). However, some common food triggers (for example, almond, cashew nut, and kiwi fruit) are not included in the current labeling regulation. Another issue is that the Korean labeling regulation has not yet been fully implemented for nonprepacked foods; thus, consumers still have difficulty in correctly identifying allergenic ingredients in food. It should be assessed whether warning statements for cross-contamination are reasonable. To prevent the occurrence of serious reactions from accidental ingestion, efforts must be made to solve recently raised issues including the items required to be listed on food labels, the system of standards for labeling and display methods.
