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...only foolproof way to identify a food allergy is to do an oral food challenge, in which patients eat a variety of foods, some of which contain small amounts of the allergen. If the patient reacts, then he or she is definitely allergic. However, such tests are time consuming and can be done only in specialized medical facilities...
...change the E.U.'s zero-tolerance policy. The region plans to adopt a common standard that would specify testing methods and establish thresholds for all food-related allergens. For instance, when it comes to gluten, the general consensus is that any concentration below 20 parts per million is too small to have a harmful effect, so new regulations would not require manufacturers to label foods that contain less than that cutoff...
...burden even heavier. That's not automatically dangerous. There is no particular level of debt that acts as a trip wire and tosses an economy into crisis. Different economies can bear different levels of government debt, depending on their ability - real or perceived - to finance it. While Greece's small and uncompetitive economy is struggling to stay afloat, Japan, with ample domestic sources of funds, hasn't had trouble financing its deficits, and investors still consider U.S. Treasury bills a safe haven. In a January report, Barclays Capital argued that the cost of the crisis...
...prone to factionalism and has found it hard to garner support among ordinary Somalis. The U.N. has reported that al-Shabab receives funds and weapons from the Middle East and the Eritrean government. (Al-Shabab fights Ethiopia, and Ethiopia is Eritrea's archenemy.) But that support is small compared with the assistance that extremist groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan have received from radical Islamists around the world. Finally, the risk that Somalia could ignite a wider conflagration across the Horn of Africa - sucking in Ethiopia, Eritrea and even Kenya - is real but, again, nothing like the one in Afghanistan...
...asymmetrical calculations of terrorism, small numbers aren't the key; determination to do damage is. As Ranneberger concedes, no change in Somalia means "further deterioration." Increasingly bold ways of dealing with al-Shabab are being considered. The A.U. peacekeeping force is being expanded, with the hope of creating a "green zone" in Mogadishu. Hundreds of al-Shabab fighters have been pouring into Mogadishu recently in anticipation of a rumored TFG offensive. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has gone further, proposing invading Somalia, occupying the southern port of Kismayu and using it to take the fight to al-Shabab. Memories...