Yesterday was a day for celebration - but sad celebration. Celebration because Natasha's law came into effect. Sad because what prompted it was was the death in 2016 of 15 year of Natasha Ednan-Laparouse as a result of eating a Pret a Manger baguette which contained sesame seeds …
Allergy UK
This and that
Ark Autoinjectors Both parents and schools have been calling for many years for autoinjectors to be freely available on school premises. But it is only since October 2017 that the Human Medicines Act has allowed schools to buy adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) devices without a …
You, Me and Food Allergies
Just over a year ago Emma Amoscato published her excellent Living with Food Allergies – a blueprint for getting families with allergic children through their first few scary years. (See here for my review.) But her idea had always been to follow it with a companion book for the …
Allergy Awareness Week
I am afraid that we were so caught up with the FreeFrom Food Awards last week that we had not really logged Allergy Awareness Week this week... So, better late than never - a brief alert: Allergy UK are running an awareness campaign called Living in Fear to highlight the fact …
Another three cheers for Brussels
I fear I am in danger of becoming a Brussels groupie here... Raving on about EFA last week and now throwing bouquets at the commission for their work on EU FIC, the new EU Food Information for Consumers including the allergen labelling changes that are causing such an upheaval in …