Regulatory Guidance / Issues
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Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of
2004.
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Labeling requires the word “Contains” followed by the name of the
major food allergen – for example, “Contains milk, wheat” – or a
parenthetical statement in the list of ingredients – for example,
“albumin (egg)”
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Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011
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on the provision of food information to consumers entered into
application on
13 December 2014
. The obligation to provide
nutrition information will apply from
13 December 2016
.
Fitness for Purpose
XICof+MRM(71pairs):Exp1 929986/1116601DaID:[e]ELINSWVESQTNGIIRfromSample1(E100mrmepi4allergen1612081)ofE100mrme
Max 71000cps
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10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 16.0
Time,min
0.0
5000.0
1.0e4
1.5e4
2.0e4
2.5e4
2.8e4
Intensity,cps
12.69
XIC of+MRM (71 pairs):Exp 1, 688.830/833.400 DaID: [p]DLAFPGSGEQVEK fromSample 1 (P100mrmepi4 allergen 161208 1) ofP100mrmepi4 ...
Max. 9900.0 cps.
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Time min
0.0
5.0e4
1.0e5
1.5e5
2.0e5
2.5e5
3.0e5
Intensity, cps
9.67
7.27
Egg peptides
Peanut peptides
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Benefits of LC‐MS/MS:
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Improved throughput
through multiplexing
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Multiple allergens in
one injection
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Multiple fragments for
each allergen detected
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XIC of+MRM (71 pairs):Exp 1, 684.350/1183.570 DaID: [m]ALNEINQFYQK fromSample 1 (M100mrmepi4 allergen 161208 1) ofM100mrmepi4 all...
Max. 7.7e4 cps.
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7.0
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Time,min
0.0
1.0e5
2.0e5
3.0e5
4.0e5
5.0e5
6.0e5
7.0e5
8.0e5
8.8e5
Intensity,cps
10.08
Milk peptides
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More confidence for
fewer false positive or
false negative results
Multi-allergen analysis