Tragic and horribly unnecessary as the death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse was, it, and the tireless campaign that her parents have waged to get take-away foods (such as the baguette which killed her) better labelled, have certainly brought food allergy onto the front pages. They …
Dr. Adam Fox
Looking to the future
So, following on from all that bracken – where are we taking the FoodsMatter empire? I cannot deny that James' totally unexpected death in August has certainly made me think very carefully about what it is that we have been and should be doing. In purely practical terms, he …
Allergy Adventures
Have you heard of Allergy Adventures? If not, you most certainly should have.... In fact, any of you who have been to any of the Allergy Shows around the country, will have probably have seen Hailey running her extremely active and bouncy Allergy Adventures play areas within the …
NICE Allergy – and other guidelines
Most people interested in the subject will by now have registered the publication last month of the new NICE guidelines for the assessment and diagnosis of food allergy in children. They are relatively limited in objective and scope but, as Dr Adam Fox from the Childrens' …
The Consumer Loses Again…
Well, the axe has now fallen and the government has announced its decision over the future of the Food Standards Agency. As axes go, it is a pretty spongy one as they propose to retain 2,000 of the current 2,100 jobs (not much dent in the deficit there), but, as ever, it is …