Natasha, only 15; Shante, one week short of her 19th birthday. Both healthy and happy teenage girls at the start of their lives - both dead because, unwittingly, they ate a food to which they were severely allergic. In Natasha's case the sesame seeds that killed her were not …
Allergies
#Speak Up for Allergies
Leaving home for the first time in your late teens or early 20s is seriously exciting - and seriously scary. Whether you are moving out to get a job or to go to university, this may the first time you have ever lived away from home, had to do your own washing, pay your own bills, …
Novel food proteins – do they pose a risk to food allergics?
Last month the Anaphylaxis Campaign hosted a fascinating webinar with Carole Bingley from Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) and Hazel Gowland of Allergy Action. They looked at both plant-based and novel proteins and the risk that they might pose for the allergic …
In memory of Pat Schooling
It is with great sadness that I have to report the death on January 20th of Pat Schooling, the Director and moving spirit behind Action Against Allergy. She was 93. AAA, founded by Amelia Nathan Hill in 1978, was the first charity to be set up to support those with …
FSA – on the allergy case
You might well have thought that COVID concerns had taken over all branches of government activity – but not so. The Foods Standards Agency, while noting the issues, has refused to be distracted from its Food Hypersensitivity work. What is also good to realise – although I …