Nicola, who runs the Feeding My Intolerant Child blog was due to join our judging panel for Category 7 of the Freefrom Eating Out Awards last week but, at the last moment she had to pull out because her allergic little boy, Zac, was ill. I quote: It seems my Mum accidentally …
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Is scratching eczema a form of self harm?
Many of you will already know, or at least know of, Ruth Holroyd who runs the What allergy? blog. Ruth has more allergies and intolerances than all of our hot breakfasts put together and writes both movingly and amusingly about living with them. One of the symptoms of her many …
How allergic people shop
Our good friend Hazel Gowland has been working with a team from Unilever on how people with food allergies actually shop and came up with these interesting, although not entirely surprising, conclusions: Although self-reported, the pattern of food allergy reflects other …
The needle debate in anaphylaxis treatment
At an excellent Anaphylaxis Campaign conference last week (to be reported on in the next Foodsmatter newsletter) I spent a good part of the lunch break 'listening in' on a fascinating discussion about needle length in anaphylaxis treatment. As most of you will know, the …
Another peanut storm…
The recall last week of some 'Whole Hearted Roasted Monkey Nuts' by Booths because the packaging did not declare 'peanuts' on the label has unleashed the usual storm of 'how absurd can we get' comments... But actually, quite unjustifiable... However, since both Alex Gazzola …