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Should I fry allergen and non-allergen foods in the same cooking oil?

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Bob Gravani
Professor of Food Science, Cornell University
Cornell University Department of Food Science  

Dr. Robert Gravani is a Professor of Food Science in the Department of Food Science. He received a BS degree in Food Science from Rutgers University and his MS and PhD degrees in Food Science from Cornell University with minors in microbiology and food marketing/management. He was appointed to the food science faculty in 1978 and currently serves as the Department Extension Leader and Director of the National Good Agricultural Practices Program.

Dr. Gravani's primary responsibilities are in the area of food science/food safety extension and outreach where he maintains a very active program and conducts short courses, seminars, and workshops for food processors, food retailers, the foodservice industry, and government regulatory agencies. He is interested in the microbiological safety and quality of foods and consumer knowledge of these important issues.

Should I fry allergen and non-allergen foods in the same cooking oil?

 

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Host: Should I fry allergen and non allergen foods in the same cooking oil?

Bob Gravani: Well when it comes to cooking oil, if a product is -- an allergen is cooked in the cooking oil and then a non allergen product is followed in it, there could be some carry over and there is a very specific example that occurred in the food service industry where a consumer came into a restaurant and ordered French Fries and went into an Anaphylactic shock and actually died. What happened was, the fish was fried in frying oil and then the French fries were fried in that same frying oil and there was carry over and because of this person severely allergic condition, it triggered Anaphylactic shock and caused a death. So clearly the bottom line is make sure that you have separate cooking oils for allergen type products and non allergen products and if it's in a household I would avoid even having that offending allergen present.

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