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Milk-Allergic Individuals Should Watch Out For Dark Chocolate

February 12, 2015 By Jack M. Robinson Leave a Comment

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Milk-Allergic Individuals Should Watch Out For Dark ChocolateThe Food and Drug Administration cautions dark chocolate may have hints of milk compounds and this is possibly harmful to milk-allergic individuals. The federal institution reviewed 100 dark chocolate items and discovered that a significant percentage had some milk traces even in items that had been marked dairy-free.

FDA reported having conducted this investigation after it had been notified by buyers who had consumed dark chocolate and suffered a harmful adverse reaction.

Expert Binaifer Bedford, M.S. from Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, explained that even one little chomp of an item containing milk can result in a severe response in a consumers that have been diagnosed with milk allergy.

FDA uncovered that dark chocolates tagged “dairy -free or allergen-free” were the least liable to have some milk compounds. However, two out of 17 items the FDA team examined contained hints of milk. Around 55 of 93 dark chocolate bars that were inspected that did not indicate whether there was milk compounds in the goods were found to contain milk as well.

FDA further noted that six out of the eleven chocolate items marked ‘hints of milk’ had milk at significant levels, sufficiently high to potentially prompt severe reactions for the allergic individuals.

Bedford explained that chocolate producers might not plan to use milk as an ingredient in chocolate goods. However, if the dark chocolate item is prepared with the same equipment used for a milk chocolate good, hints of milk may unintentionally end up in the dark chocolate.

Milk is one of the top food allergens alongside wheat, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, and soybeans.  The U.S. legislation compels edible goods containing a primary food allergen to show its name on the tag or package so buyers will be mindful of it.

The FDA noted that concerned buyers should also to contact food producers to inquire about how they control for allergens. In the event that they encountered an allergic reaction, they can call the regulatory agency or it on the web.

In the interim, customer wellbeing watch dog, As You Sow, send in notices of legal action against Hershey’s, See’s Candies, and Mars on Wednesday. The organization accuses the companies of infringing the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act in California for failure to caution purchasers of the toxic synthetic cadmium in the producers’ chocolate items.

Constant exposure to cadmium has been connected to kidney, liver, and bone problems in people. Kids are particularly susceptible. The association already started a legal action against some other 13 chocolate producers for failing to caution potential buyers of lead and/or cadmium in their chocolate items.

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About Jack M. Robinson

Jack enjoys keeping abreast of everything connected to economic indicators. A School of Journalism, Michigan State University graduate, he loves covering monetary policy and company financials and has a particular interest in writing about the latest gadgets.

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