TOWARDS IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF FOOD ALLERGY AND INTOLERANCE THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN NETWORK OF FOOD INTOLERANCE DATABANKS

Objective

The action is to review data from participating countries on the prevalence of food-intolerance conditions and to summarize the situation in each country on available sources of help on selection of foods by intolerance sufferers. Furthermore, to produce a Europe-wide network of databanks detailing retail food products that are declared free of certain food ingredients or additives that are known to cause adverse reactions in a clinically significant proportion of the European population.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › clinical medicine › allergology › food allergy

Programme(s)

• FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 412 - Interaction between diet and health

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CON - Coordination of research actions

Coordinator

LEATHERHEAD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Address

Randalls Road
KT22 7RY Leatherhead
United Kingdom

Participants (17)

DE RAEDT

Belgium

Address

Bruxelles

DIETISA SA

Spain

Address

Barcelona

Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik

Germany

Address

65001 Wiesbaden

FACHHOCHSCHULE FULDA

Germany

Address

Marquardstraße 35
6400 Fulda

Fachhochschule des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz

Germany

Address

Schneidershof
54293 Trier

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)

France

Address

Paris

Links

IREQ INST.

France

Address

Charenton Le Pont

LEVNEDMIDDELSTRYRELSEN

Denmark

Address

Soeborg

MILJO OG LEVNEDMIDDLESTYRELSEN

Iceland

Address

Reykjavik

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION

Italy

Address

Via Ardeatina 546
00178 Roma

Links

NUTRITION AND DIETETICS INST.

Ireland

Address

Dublin

SIK - SWEDISH INST. FOR FOOD RESEARCH

Sweden

Address

Gotheborg

STATENS NAERINGSMIDDELTILSYN

Norway

Address

Oslo

TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION INST. OF THESSALONIKI

Greece

Address

Thessaloniki

TNO

Netherlands

Address

Zeist

UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA

Portugal

Address

Porto

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Italy

Address

Largo Agostino Gemelli 1
20123 Milano