Food Allergens

Tong-Jen Fu, Ph.D.: Dr. Tong-Jen Fu is a Research Chemical Engineer with the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Division of Food Processing Science and Technology. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Fu's research expands across several areas of food safety dealing with chemical contaminants, microbiological hazards as well as food allergens. Her allergen research focuses on the structural and physicochemical properties of food allergens, the impact of food processing on the detection of allergens, as well as safety assessment of the allergenic potential of genetically engineered foods. Dr. Fu serves as one of FDA's subject matter experts on allergen issues and has provided expert reviews for a number of FDA and international guidelines for the safety assessment of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants and microorganisms. Dr. Fu has authored or co-authored 33 journal articl es, 5 book chapters, and 107 abstracts. She has co-edited 3 books.

Chapter1. Best Practices for Assessing, Managing and Communicating Food Allergens Risks: An Introduction.- Chapter2. A Review of the Distribution and Costs of Food Allergy.- Chapter3. Current U.S. State Legislation Related to Food Allergen Management.- Chapter4. Current Trends in Food Allergy Advocacy: Prevention, Preparedness, and Epinephrine Availability.- Chapter5. Food Allergen Recalls - The Past as Prologue.- Chapter6. Allergen Management: Ensuring What is in the Product is on the Package.- Chapter7. Allergen Management in Food Processing Operations: Keeping What Is Not on the Package Out of the Product.- Chapter8. Allergen Cleaning Best Practices.- Chapter9. Survey: Food Allergen Awareness in the Restaurant and Foodservice Industry.- Chapter10. Allergen Management in Food Service.- Chapter11. The 4 Key Elements to Feeding Diners with Allergies: Culture, Education, Caring & Orchestration.- Chapter12. Managing Food Allergens in Retail Quick-Service Restaurants.- Chapter13. FoodAllergen Online Training: An Example of Extension's Educational Role.- Chapter14. Allergen Control at Home.- Chapter15. Allergen Control for College and University Dining Service.