Mollusc allergy
In the body: An allergy is the immune system reacting to the food.
Not rated by dose: a flag on 4 reviewed foods, among them Pacific oysters, raw, Oysters, canned and Clams, cooked. The list below has a line for each of 5 preparations.
For some people. Allergies, medicines and medical conditions: a flag for the people the source names, no wider.
The reference value and where it comes from
- The agency’s figureno agency dose value
- BasisHealth Canada priority allergen: crustaceans and molluscs
- Source ?Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens
Reviewed foods that carry it
4 reviewed foods carry it; none is rated by dose. A food counts once, as in the foods list: preparations sharing a page (raw and cooked, canned) count once; one with its own page counts apart. Below, one line for each of 5 preparations.
How often you can eat it ?
No food here is rated by dose. Each line says why it’s listed: a flag for the people the source names, advice on handling it, or context.
Flags and context, not rated by dose
Clams, cookedWorth knowing
Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Flagged for people with a mollusc allergy: molluscs are a Health Canada priority allergen and clams are molluscs. This is a flag, not a dose calculation.
Intake: 100 g cooked (HC TRA I.3), one serving a day
Measured on: not stated in the draft
Eastern oysters, rawWorth knowing
Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Flagged for people with a mollusc allergy: Health Canada lists crustaceans and molluscs among the priority food allergens, and oysters are named as molluscs.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: not stated in the draft
Mussels, cookedWorth knowing
Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Flagged for people with a mollusc allergy: molluscs are a Health Canada priority allergen, and mussels and clams are molluscs. It is not scored by dose.
Intake: 100 g cooked (HC TRA I.3), one serving a day
Measured on: not stated in the draft
Oysters, cannedWorth knowing
Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Flagged for people with a mollusc allergy: Health Canada lists crustaceans and molluscs among the priority food allergens, and oysters are molluscs. No source shows that canning removes the allergen, and allergen labelling applies to the product.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: not stated in the draft
- Pacific oysters, raw
Worth knowing
Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · grade A ?
How it’s rated
Flagged for people with a mollusc allergy: Health Canada lists crustaceans and molluscs among the priority food allergens, and oysters are named as molluscs.
Intake: not applicable (flag)
Measured on: not stated in the draft
Sources
- Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens (2017, Cat. H164-156/5-1-2017E-PDF)
hc-priority-allergens-crustaceans-molluscs· secondary source · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright)