Regulatory action criteria for filth and other extraneous materials. II. Allergenic mites: an emerging food safety issue.
Four species of food-contaminating mites have recently been reported to have caused IgE-mediated allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, in persons who consumed mite-contaminated foods. The mite species are the American house dust mite, Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes (Acarina: Pyroglyphidae); the scaly grain mite, Suidasia sp. prob. pontifica Oudemans (Acarina: Suidasiidae), an acarid mite, Thyreophagus entomophagus Portus & Gomez (Acarina: Acaridae); and the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acarina: Acaridae). Allergenic mites are an emerging food safety issue as ingested allergens in mite-contaminated food.
Microanalytical Branch, HFS-315, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 200 C Street, Southwest, Washington, DC, 20204, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology*; D005513:Food Inspection; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D011786:Quality Control; D017747:Seafood; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
D007073:Immunoglobulin E