A tick-borne allergy is quietly reshaping who can eat what — and a tighter government standard is forcing the meat case to finally tell the truth about where your food comes from.

Today I look at alpha-gal syndrome — a tick-triggered allergy that is spreading faster than almost any other food allergy in America, landing squarely on your deli slicer and service counter before most of your team has ever heard the words “alpha-gal.”

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