潜水简介：
- The FDA is publishing draft guidance in the Federal Register this week that would ask manufacturers to自愿披露芝麻作为成分。这是对芝麻是否会成为需要在食品标签上专门调用的过敏原的持续回顾的一部分。
- 根据该指南，使用芝麻作为成分标签上列出的广泛类别的产品，包括“天然风味”或“香料”，应在其旁边的括号中使用芝麻，以便消费者知道该成分包括在内。如果该产品包括芝麻制成的成分，该成分不包含芝麻一词，例如芝麻岛，则指南要求芝麻一词也在括号中遵循。
- FDA一直examining whether to make sesame a top allergen自2018年以来。去年在JAMA发表的研究表明多达0.49％的美国人口- 大约有160万人 - 可能对种子过敏。
Dive Insight:
尽管此草案标签指南不是最终的，也不构成芝麻将加入顶级过敏原的发现，但这是一个有力的指标，即变化可能正在发生。这也表明，现在是时候对可能没有认真对待芝麻的新研究来改变其前景的时候了。
Sesame allergies are not only becoming more prevalent, but reactions to it are often severe. According todata cited by the Center for Science in the Public Interestand submitted to the FDA, 38.8% of children and 44.7% of adults with sesame allergies have had serious reactions to the seed. And with insurance claims for severe allergic reactions to foodincreasing 377% from 2007 to 2016, according to FAIR Health, it's clear this is a serious issue for many people.
After the FDA opened the docket on whether to declare sesame a top allergen two years ago, it received more than 4,800 comments from consumers, researchers, medical professionals and industry groups, the Federal Register entry stated. The FDA also received quite a bit of research on the prevalence and severity of sesame allergy. The agency asked consumers to submit incidents of reactions from sesame allergy to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Adverse Event Reporting System. It received more than 500.
If sesame becomes a top allergen, it would be the first addition since the 2004 passage of the食品过敏原标签和消费者保护法。该法律规定了“牛奶，大豆，鸡蛋，小麦，花生，树坚果，鱼类和贝类”的“前八名”过敏原的简单语言标签，这些物品甚至可能包含痕量。这些成分是所有食物过敏的90％，是引起最严重反应的成分。
Even without the federal regulation, manufacturers may already be starting to make this labeling change. Last year, Illinoispassed a state lawrequiring sesame to be disclosed在成分标签上。该州最大的城市芝加哥是home to more than 4,500许多最强大的CPG业务的食品制造商和总部。这些公司应该意识到该州的任务。通过遵守该法律，他们可以轻松地扭转潮流，以确保消费者在美国购买的大多数商品披露芝麻。
FDA的指南草案与其他顶级过敏原标签法规非常相似。虽然可能需要工作并付出一些更改标签的费用，但制造商要注意这份草案并立即开始努力进行此披露（如果还没有）将是谨慎的。
考虑到对FDA的案卷的反应，有关芝麻标签的州法律以及将发布指导草案的事实，似乎很可能会进行监管变更。但是，即使芝麻最终没有被FDA宣布为顶级过敏原，今天的消费者也希望透明和简单的成分标签。关于“天然风味”的更多解释可能不会伤害。
