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© iStock In the United States, 85 million people are impacted by food allergies or intolerances, of which 32 million have a potentially life-threatening condition. Sadly, they live each day with the fear and anxiety that something they eat could turn their world upside down. Always on alert, they know that consuming the wrong food or ingredient could send them straight to the emergency room or worse, could kill them. Fortunately, there is new legislation the Food Allergy, Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act, H.R. 1202/S. 578, which would improve transparency and greatly benefit the food allergy community. This bipartisan legislation would require that sesame which is commonly used in food for flavoring be labeled as an allergen on packaged foods. Sesame would become the ninth food allergen for which the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requires plain-language labeling. The bill would also require the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to is

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