Table 3.
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan threshold limits for allergen disclosure, and how these relate to serving size and (European) population thresholds
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Population threshold (mg protein)[61-63] |
Minimum serving size not requiring allergen disclosure under Japanese legislation that could contain sufficient protein to cause a reaction in: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED01[61,62](mg protein) | ED10[63](mg protein) | 1% of allergic individual | 10% of allergic individual | |
| Peanut |
0.2mg |
2.8mg |
20g |
280g |
| Cow’s milk |
0.1mg |
0.1mg (<3.5 yrs) |
10g |
10g (<3.5 yrs) |
| 5.3mg (>3.5 yrs) |
530g (>3.5 yrs) |
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| Egg |
0.03mg |
0.6mg (<3.5 yrs) |
3g |
60g (<3.5 yrs) |
| 20.4mg (>3.5 yrs) |
2kg (>3.5 yrs) |
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| Hazelnut |
0.1mg |
8.5mg |
10g |
850g |
| Soya |
1.0mg |
n/a |
100g |
n/a |
| Wheat | 1.0mg | n/a | 100g | n/a |