Not only were the members if the European Parliament staggered to find how many of them suffered from allergies, but so were the team from the EAACI (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) who organised the tests! 'We knew that allergies are a major health issue …
Food/Health Policy
Kefir news
Despite lots of enquiries about kefir, Gill Jacobs' excellent article and and a nagging guilty conscience, since our kefir grains gave up the ghost a couple of years ago, I have not got round to getting another lot started. However, the matter was taken out of my hands by …
George Monbiot – The Age of Unreason
You may not always agree with George Monbiot - but his article in October 1st's Guardian (to be found on his blog with full references) on the muzzling of independent scientists is alarming for anyone who believes in independent scientific research. (Crucial on the 'fringes' of …
Excting allergy research projects
On Wednesday I went, for the first time, to the Food Standards Agency's annual presentation, this year focused on their work in the field of food allergy, and on the departure of the splendid Dr Andrew Wadge who has headed up the scientific arm of the FSA since 2000. (He pointed …
Two and a half cheers for the FSA and their labelling efforts
No – I have not had a Damascene conversion and I do NOT think that the new allergen regulations are wonderful – but I do think that the Food Standards Agency is trying hard, in an extremely difficult area, to do the best they can for allergic consumers – even though that best may …