The Panel identified only two foodstuffs that it considered may currently fulfil the criteria for inclusion on a list of products of foodstuffs for which labelling of the allergen-containing food source is unnecessary: refined peanut oil and refined soya bean oil….
Vitamin D supplementation may be administered in an oil preparation in early infancy. After skin-prick testing of 122 children aged 7-60 months who had been referred to an allergy clinic, the children were classified according to whether they had received a vitamin D preparation without peanut oil, one containing peanut oil that had been administered monthly, or one containing peanut oil that had been administered daily. Although the groups did not differ in respect of allergic status, statistically significantly children more showed a positive reaction to peanut if they had been exposed to a peanut oil-containing vitamin preparation. The peanut oil used in the vitamin preparations was not specified (de Montis et al., 1993).
In a study in France, two male and two female infants aged 4-13 months who had received a diagnosis of atopic dermatitis were found to react to peanut allergens during skin-prick testing or labial challenge with peanut extract, peanut butter, or peanut oil. In a single blind oral challenge test with peanut oil, the infants reacted with a rash to doses of 1 or 5 ml of peanut oil. In each case, the infant was receiving a formula containing peanut oil in such an amount that it contributed 67 or 80% of the lipids.
http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v44jec11.htm
Early vitamin use may increase food allergies
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/329/7471/0-g
Not necessarily. Under section 201(s) of the Act, it is the use of a substance, rather than the substance itself, that is eligible for the GRAS exemption (62 Fed. Reg. 18939; April 17, 1997). A determination of the safety of the use of an ingredient includes information about the characteristics of the substance, the estimated dietary intake under the intended conditions of use, and the population that will consume the substance (proposed 21 CFR 170.36 (c)(1)(iii)). Dietary intake of a substance depends on the food categories in which it will be used and the level of use in each of those food categories. For information about how FDA estimates dietary intake of a food substance, see FDA’s document entitled “Estimating Exposure To Direct Food Additives And Chemical Contaminants in the Diet” [August 2006: See updated information "Guidance for Industry - Estimating Dietary Intake of Substances in Food"]. Some uses of a food substance are intended for a narrowly defined population, such as newborn infants who consume infant formula as the sole item of the diet; in such a circumstance, there may be special considerations associated with that population but not with general use of the food substance.
Under section 201(s) of the Act, the ingredients whose use is GRAS are excluded from the definition of a food additive. That definition of food additive also specifies that the term “food additive” does not include a dietary ingredient of a dietary supplement described in section 201(ff) of the Act or intended for use in a dietary supplement. Thus, it is meaningless to refer to a GRAS exclusion from the food additive definition for dietary ingredients that are already excluded from that definition. However, some dietary ingredients that may be used in a dietary supplement may also be GRAS for use in a conventional food (e.g., vitamin C; calcium carbonate).
FDA has several lists of GRAS substances. Importantly, these lists are not all-inclusive. Because the use of a GRAS substance is not subject to premarket review and approval by FDA, it is impracticable to list all substances that are used in food on the basis of the GRAS provision.
21 CFR Part 182 contains the remnants of a list, which FDA established in its regulations shortly after passage of the 1958 Food Additives Amendment. The list is organized according to the intended use of these substances. As part of the agency’s comprehensive review of GRAS substances in the 1970s, FDA affirmed that the use of some of the ingredients on this original GRAS list is GRAS, and moved the affirmed uses of the substance to 21 CFR Part 184. [Glycerin - I don't know if this is the peanut product or not. Tocopherols have to be in an oil product, I do believe. Could that oil product be peanut oil? see more below* - bfg]
21 CFR Part 184 contains a list of substances that FDA affirmed as GRAS as direct food ingredients for general or specific uses. This list derives from the agency’s 1970s comprehensive review of GRAS substances and from petitions that FDA received to affirm the GRAS status of particular uses of some food ingredients. [Vitamin A, Vitamin D,
21 CFR Part
186 contains a list of substances that FDA affirmed as GRAS for certain
indirect food uses. [Hydrogenated fish oil appears on the list. I had a
friend whose child was deathly allergic to fish - bfg]
FDA’s Internet site also contains a list of substances that have been the
subject of a notice to FDA - i.e., when a firm has notified FDA about its
view that a particular use of a substance is GRAS. You can access this
summary of GRAS notices, along with FDA’s response, from the GRAS
Notification Program page.
Yes. Because the use of a GRAS substance is not subject to premarket review and approval by FDA, it is impracticable to list all substances that are used in food on the basis of the GRAS provision (21 CFR 182.1). The use of a substance is GRAS because of widespread knowledge among the community of qualified experts, not because of a listing or other administrative activity.
*Natural extractives (solvent-free) used in conjunction with spices, seasonings, and flavorings that are generally recognized as safe for their intended use, within the meaning of section 409 of the Act, are as follows:
Peanut stearine…………….. Arachis hypogaea L.
Sec. 182.70 Substances migrating from cotton and cotton fabrics used in dry food packaging.
Substances
migrating to food from cotton and cotton fabrics used in
dry food packaging that are generally recognized as safe for their
intended use, within the meaning of section 409 of the Act, are as
follows:
Peanut oil.
Subpart B–Multiple Purpose GRAS Food Substances
Sec. 182.1320 Glycerin.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/grasguid.html#Q16
Peanut Oil:
Pharmaceutical Excipients
A typical analysis of refined peanut oil indicates the composition of the
… in infancy of preparations containing peanut oil, including
infant formula and …
www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/excipients/current/1000304093.htm
D. A. Moneret-Vautrin 1 , a , R. Hatahet 1 G. Kanny 1
1 Service de Médecine D, Immunologie Clinique et Allergologie, Centre
Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Hpital de Brabois, Vandoeuvre, France
Correspondence to a D.A. Moneret-Vautrin, Service de Médecine D,
Immunologie Clinique et Allergologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de
Nancy, Hpital de Brabois, Rue du Morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France
Copyright 1994 The Author(s)
KEYWORDS
peanut oil allergenicity • hidden allergen • milk formula • atopic
dermatitis • food allergy • infant
ABSTRACT
Four cases of infants with atopic dermatitis are reported. In all cases, a
sensitization to peanut is demonstrated. Any ingestion of peanuts can be
excluded, with the exception of a daily consumption of peanut oil,
contained in milk formulas. Oral challenges with peanut oil induce a rash,
and elimination of these brands is followed by the disappearance of
eczematous lesions. The presence of residual allergenic proteins in peanut
oil is thus suspected.
Owing to the growing incidence of peanut
hypersensitivity, the elimination of peanut oil from all milk formulas,
food for babies, and ointments, seems to be highly advisable.
Received June 21, 1993 Accepted December 3, 1993
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119279212/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Fatty Acids -
Ask the Dietitian - by Joanne Larsen MS RD LD
Linoleic acid is found in butter, cocoa butter and coconut oil as
well oils from corn, cottonseed, olive, palm, palm kernel, peanut,
rapeseed (Canola), …
www.dietitian.com/fattyaci.html- 18k
MotherNature.com - Peanuts
Concentrations of alpha-linolenic acid are high in
almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews , flaxseed, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts,
peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, …
www.mothernature.com/library/ency/index.cfm/id/1867000 - 25k
The effect of peanut butter manufacture on vitamin E originating from raw peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L., runner-type) was determined. Tocopherols were quantified by normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, No significant differences were observed in tocopherol (T) values between 1998 and 1998 crop raw peanuts or between raw peanuts and peanut butter except for γ-T (P > 0.05). Oil and stabilizer added to the roasted peanuts during peanut butter processing provided 4% of α-T in the finished peanut butter, Rerention of total tocopherols during peanut butter manufacture was 95%. Mean α-T values (mg/100 g) og commercial peanut products ranged from) 12.3 (peanut oil) to 4.1 (dry roasted peanuts).
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15178124
Disturbing Mystery Food Given To Children
The guy has plastic cups of chemicals and mixes them together to show you what goes into infant formula. The formula he mixed used synthetic vitamin A which may not be derived from peanuts?
[Watching this video makes you think twice about feeding this concoction to children. Good grief! -bfg]
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5005016305725612809
What is claimed
1. An edible, highly assimilable, fat composition consisting of, by weight, from about 15 percent to about 45 percent of oleic oil; from about 10 percent to about 45 percent of oleo oil; from 0 percent to about 25 percent of a seed oil selected from the group consisting of soybean oil, corn oil, peanut oil, sunflower seed oil and cottonseed oil; from about 10 percent to about 35 percent of a member selected from the group consisting of coconut oil and babassu oil; and from 0 percent to about 2 percent of soy lecithin….More particularly, this invention concerns new and novel edible, highly assimilable, fat compositions with a fatty acid composition resembling that of human milk fat consisting of, by weight, from about 15 percent to about 45 percent of oleic oil; from about 10 percent to about 45 percent of oleo oil; from 0 percent to about 25 percent of a seed oil selected from the group consisting of soybean oil, corn oil, peanut oil, sunflower seed oil and cottonseed oil; from about 10 percent to about 35 percent of a member selected from the group consisting of coconut oil and babassu oil; and from 0 percent to about 2 percent of soy lecithin: and infant formulas incorporating said edible oil composition….
The fats which are used in existing infant formulas are grouped into four classes, as follows:
I. Palmitic acid oils: palm oil
II. Lauric acid oils: coconut, babassu
III. Animal fats: oleo oil (beef fat)
IV. Seed oils: corn, peanut, soybean, cottonseed oil
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3649295.html
"Denise Bunning had no idea that switching her 6½-month-old son from breast milk to a milk-based formula would threaten his life. But Bryan's first sips proved perilous. His lips and tongue swelled, and his eyes rolled back. "I didn't know what was happening," says Bunning, who, with her husband, David, co-founded the Food Allergy Project in Chicago.
"Bryan was diagnosed with life-threatening allergies to milk, eggs, tree nuts and sesame seeds. So when their second son, Daniel, was born, the Bunnings took precautions. Still, at 9 months he also had an anaphylactic reaction after a babysitter inadvertently put a milk-soiled bib around his neck. "His allergies are even worse," she says. "In addition to milk, eggs and tree nuts, he is also allergic to beef, turkey, and shellfish." " [All of these foods are used to produce vaccines!- bfg]
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/12/29/hlsa1229.htm
My 3 month old has MY food allergies.? "...she allergic to her formula because it has soy and peanuts in it."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090123105124AAhP0Xs
… Nutrition pure sesame, walnut, safflower, sunflower, oils (rotate with above) - 1 t … But base oils as safflower, sunflower and sesame can be blended into the formula.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/10/22/infant-formula-part-one.aspx
"A person must have normal levels of IgA antibodies to block foods from causing allergies. These IgA antibodies can be found in the normal secretions of the stomach lining. However, at birth, when the protective immunity system is still immature, the IgA level is zero, so the body must start producing it s own IgA antibodies. On average it takes about four months or more to produce enough IgA antibodies to reach near adult levels."