There has been a predictable outcry in the allergy world this week's in response to Rachel Johnson's piece in Thursday's Evening Standard on 'dietary requirements' and food fads. Being charitable, I am assuming that she has never suffered from or lived with someone with a food …
Natasha Ednan-Laperouse
FreeFrom Skincare Awards shines the spotlight on labelling
The 2022 FreeFrom Skincare Awards, now in its eleventh super successful year, opens today - seeking out the ultimate in skincare products which are ‘free from’ some of the many ingredients which consumers need or want to avoid. As always, our good friend Alex Gazzola will be …
No Allergy Tsar in sight
Those of you who read my post earlier in the month and signed Tanya Ednan-Laperouse's petition will no doubt also have received a government response this morning. In it they outline the position as they see it and what they are doing to help: They note that there has been a …
‘Our daughters’ deaths could have been avoided’ – we need an allergy Tsar to stop this happening again
Natasha, only 15; Shante, one week short of her 19th birthday. Both healthy and happy teenage girls at the start of their lives - both dead because, unwittingly, they ate a food to which they were severely allergic. In Natasha's case the sesame seeds that killed her were not …
FreeFrom Food Awards virtual knees up
So there I was last night, sitting at my desk in the front room all alone with the cats, uploading web pages to the FreeFrom Food Awards site as the category winners were announced. You could have heard a pin drop.... Meanwhile, the virtual me was being viewed 492 times …