Endogenous allergen assessments - Europabio
Endogenous allergen assessments - Europabio
Endogenous allergen assessments - Europabio
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Soybeans<br />
13<br />
Glycine max<br />
Yes, it’s an<br />
<strong>allergen</strong>ic food<br />
But,<br />
We don’t know how much or<br />
how little causes allergy for<br />
any one of the many protein<br />
<strong>allergen</strong>s<br />
And,<br />
We don’t have evidence that<br />
GM varieties would be<br />
expected to differ in their<br />
<strong>allergen</strong> content<br />
For now,<br />
We can assess GM and<br />
non-GM, but not in<br />
isolation<br />
Small differences are<br />
unlikely to be relevant to<br />
allergy risk – Therefore,<br />
we need to understand<br />
small differences as best<br />
as we can<br />
We cannot predict endogenous<br />
allergy risk relative to a<br />
measured amount of protein…<br />
So, any assessment has to<br />
include a population of<br />
references to understand the<br />
natural variability for any single<br />
<strong>allergen</strong>
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