Ad hoc Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Food Allergens – reference dose(s) for cereals containing gluten or gluten

3 – 7 November 2025
FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

Background

At the request of Codex, FAO and WHO held a series of expert meetings on the risk assessment of food allergens since 2020 and published the meeting reports, including Part 1: Review and validation of Codex Alimentarius priority allergen list through risk assessment; Part 2: Review and establish threshold levels in foods for the priority allergens; Part 3: Review and establish precautionary labelling in foods of the priority allergens; Part 4: Review and establish exemptions for the food allergens; Part 5: Review and establish threshold levels for specific tree nuts (Brazil nut, macadamia nut or Queensland nut, pine nut), soy, celery, lupin, mustard, buckwheat and oats. 

In response to the request from Codex for scientific advice on reference dose (s) (RfDs) and concentration for cereals containing gluten and gluten, FAO and WHO are convening an expert consultation to provide recommendation on the level of RfDs and concentration for cereals containing gluten and gluten

List of experts

The list of experts and their bio-sketches for this meeting is available in this page's download section. Please find below their bio-sketches. If you have any comments, please contact us at kang.zhou@fao.org and food_allergens@who.int no later than 15 October 2025.