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Recent and historical data suggest that the interaction of antigenic materials, including food proteins, with the mucosal immune system is an important component of certain diseases, causative either of an important manifestation of or the disease itself. The adequacy of existing knowledge concerning digestion and absorption of dietary proteins, disposition of absorbed antigens, and potential adverse effects to meet requirements of a safety evaluation is addressed. Currently, the immunological consequences of introducing new food proteins (e.g., leaf and bean protein concentrates), new processing technologies (food irradiation, chemical sterilization), and changes in traditional foods through emerging technologies (genetic engineering) can be neither predicted nor routinely measured.
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Allison, R.G. Interactions of dietary proteins with the mucosal immune system as a component of safety evaluation. J Protein Chem 3, 5–17 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01024833
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