Nearly 50 per cent of imported Asian food 'loaded with undeclared allergens'

Australians with severe food allergies have been warned products imported from Asia are full of unlisted ingredients that can cause life-threatening reactions.

A customer shops at a supermarket in Yichang city in central China's Hubei province, August 2016. Source: AAP

Food products imported from Asia are loaded with undeclared ingredients that can cause deadly allergic reactions, Australian researchers say.

Scientists tested 50 packaged foods purchased from six Asian grocery stores in Melbourne, finding 46 per cent contained an allergen that wasn't listed on the label.

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