Food Allergen Thresholds Explainer

The following document explains food allergen thresholds — including ED05 and ED01 — and their significance for precautionary allergen labeling (PAL) policy and FDA food safety regulation. Understanding these thresholds is essential to evaluating whether proposed "may contain" labeling standards would adequately protect all food allergic consumers. Use the viewer below to read all four pages, or download the PDF directly.