Cressida has just published this excellent interview she did with Lindiwe Lewis and Daniel Kelly on her Linked in page. I thought it needed a wider airing. Understanding allergy from the inside out is so important, so Lindi's and Dan's comments are massively helpful. How do …
allergen labelling
Yet another child dies from anaphylaxis to a food
Losing a child is a dreadful tragedy – our children are not meant to die before us. But how much more horrendous must it be to know that you caused your child's death? So no one can have anything but the most gut wrenching sympathy for Tom, the father of Raffi Pownall who died in …
‘Gluten free’ versus ‘freefrom gluten’
Worrying about precise definitions is not something that comes naturally to me – I am more of a broad brush sort of person. So many are the arguments that I have with Alex, the acme of precision in definitions terms – and many are the rude names that I have called him when, yet …
Precautionary allergen labelling – have we got the balance wrong?
In managing food allergy there are two major hazards: The failure to recognise a food allergen that has been included in a dish as an ingredient and The accidental contamination of an otherwise allergen-free food with an allergen. But while the failure to recognize …
Who lives in the dairy these days?
Yet more on labelling, I fear – but not this time on traceability or 'may contain' warnings, but on definitions. And you think gluten or nuts are complicated in terms of definitions and labelling? Just try milk.... So which misconception shall we get out of the way first? How …