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The following news is from the FoodSafetyNews.com/ on December 1, 2015.
The Food Labeling Modernization act of 2015 will require sesame to be added to the list of major food allergens, which currently list milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybean. "Sesame allergies have probably increased more than any other type of food allergy over the past 10 to 20 years." Sesame has become the fifth most common allergy in the US.
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