Working Group Chair Presentation Book

Amethoddevelopershouldvalidatethedifferencesbetweendifferent varietiesofhazelnutsandpeanutsinsenseoftraceabilityand measurementuncertainty. Amethoddevelopershouldvalidatedifferentspeciesthatdelivermilk (cow,goat,sheeoetc.);sameforegg.MaybeaninͲsilicoanalysisof peptidesequencesissufficient. TheSMPRshouldcontainaclarifyingchapterorclausethatexplains thattheterm“allergen”isusedinananalyticalandnotimmunological way.“Allergen”couldalsomeanaspecificproteinfromhazelnutthat differsbetweenregionsandvarieties.

SpeciesnameswereaddedtotheSMPR. Theworkinggroup groupdidnotagreetorequireingdifferentvarieties.

Hazelnutsandpeanutarenotdefinedinsenseoftheirvarietywhilemilkandeggarenotdefined insenseoftheirorigin

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Nochangerecomended. Althoughtheterm"allergen"itselfis notdefined,theidentificationoffoodallergenstypesinthe SMPRprovidesalloftheneededinformationformethod developers. Nodefinitionwerefoundthatweren'tcircular.i.e., anallergenisamoleculecausesanallergicreaction.

Theterm"allergen"isnotdefined

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AgeneralproblemofthisSMPRistraceabilityofresults.Indetail,anLCͲMS/MSuserprepared peptidesolutionsonaweightbyweightbasisandusesreferencematerialsalsoonaweightby weightbasis.Arethesereferencematerialsofahigherorderinthecalibrationhierarchyorarethe peptidesofhigherlevel?Furthermore,howshouldwereͲcalculatetothe“analyte”whichisfor example“milk”.ThereisnoconversionfactortoreͲcalculatefrom“weightwholemilkpowder fromNIST”to“milk”.Evenmoreproblematicistherecalculationfrom“peakareaofaspecificmilk peptide”to“milk”.

Ataminimum,eachvalidationreportshouldcontainachapterthat clearlydescribeshowthevalidationmanagersolvedthisfundamental problemforeachallergenordescribesthelimitationsofquantitative results.

WorkingGroupagreedthatallresultstobe"reportedasppmof thetargetallergeninfoodcommodity".

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Implementyourstandardregulationbyapplyingthesignsystemfor theallergens(eggs,milk,nuts,peanuts,celery,sesame,mustard, sulphites,fish,crustaceans,mollusks,gluten,lupinandsoy).Itwould helptotheinterpretationoftheingredientsindependentlyfromthe countrywherepeopleliveorthelanguagethattheyspeak.Thankyou

Ihavedevelopedasignsystemforthe14allergenswhich,accordingtotheEuropeanUnion,must beindicatedinfoodpackagings.Ithasbeingtheworkof7monthsformyfinalgradeinGraphic Design.

Nochange. Irrelevant

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