Approximately one in 40 items purchased at bakeries in the New York and Miami metropolitan areas contained unintended peanut protein, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Additional safety measures are therefore needed to protect people with peanut allergies from accidental exposure in unpackaged goods, Travis A. Miller, MD, medical director and CEO of The Allergy Station in Roseville, California, and colleagues wrote.
The researchers randomly selected 18 bakeries that sell products with peanut, including at grocery stories and local shops selling American, French, Cuban, Haitian, Chinese, Polish, Italian and Indian cuisines.
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