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Tuesday, May 11, 2021 On April 23, the President signed the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research Act of 2021 into law, which declares sesame to be a “major food allergen” and requires labels to specifically disclose the presence of sesame in prepackaged foods.  Joining milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans, sesame becomes the ninth food in the U.S. to be considered a “major allergen.” Barely one page in length and referred to using the acronym “the FASTER Act,” many Americans may have felt, “What took so long?” The other eight foods were part of legislation, the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, enacted in 2004, nearly 17 years ago.  In short, the law requires manufacturers to indicate on prepackaged labels when a product is made using any of the mentioned ingredients because they collectively account for 90 percent of all food allergies.  Studies in 2007, 2008, and most recently, 2019, h

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