The Scientific Status Summary, “Food Allergies and Other Food Sensitivities” by Steve Taylor and Susan Hefle (pp. 68–83), defines food allergies and sensitivities as individualistic adverse reactions to foods. One aspect of food allergies, however, contains a common thread. In virtually all the accounts of fatal allergic reactions, the deceased people knew of their allergy but did not know that the food they consumed contained the fatal allergens. For food technologists and food manufacturers, t…