In December 2017, on a post Christmas shopping expedition, 42 year-old Celia Marsh died after suffering an anaphylactic reaction. She had just eaten a super-veg rainbow flatbread from Pret a Manger which was subsequently found to contain milk protein to which she was …
Food
FSA’s Food Hypersensitivity Symposium 2022
Earlier this month the Food Standards Agency held one of its annual food allergy/hypersensitvity (FHS) symposiums. We were in the middle of the FreeFrom Food Awards judging so I couldn't be there in person but fortunately they offered on line access to all of the talks and …
Do you know what to do if you think someone is having an anaphylactic attack?
Natasha's Allergy Research Foundation's latest newsletter asks this question - and how many of us really do know what to do? 'If you do one thing today' they say, 'share this post - it could save a life.' And so, I am...... Do you and those around you know how to help someone …
Flour to the People – Join the crowdfund
My old friend Andrew Whitley (founder of the Village Bakery way back) is crowdfunding for his Flour to the People initiative - a brilliant project to connect people through flour and bread which has just won the Food Innovation category of the BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming …
‘May contain’ – have your say
Very good news - the Food Standards Agency have cleared their desks and are tackling the horribly unsatisfactory mess that is Precautionary Allergen Labelling, better known as 'may contain' warnings. PALs have been the bugbear not only of the allergic consumer but of the …