Preliminary RESULTS: 2010 Food Allergy Survey
The 2010 Food Allergy Statistical Study has been very useful in collecting quantifiable data regarding food allergies and confirming some of what we already know to be true. Tremendous thanks to everyone who responded to the survey. Your information will be useful in creating programs for FA families and supplying talking points to our elected [...]
Food Allergy Awareness Week
Food Allergy Awareness Week is fast approaching! May 9-15th, 2010 is the week designated by FAAN to help spread the word about food allergies. Food Allergy Support Services, Inc. is planning on hosting a 2nd annual Food Allergy Awareness Night at Red Robin – both locations – Orchard Park and Amherst! Join us on Tuesday, [...]
FA Awareness Week Proclamation on FAAN Website
Please also take a moment to ask our governor to sign the proclamation making May 9-16th Food Allergy Awareness Week. Just need to enter your address. All the work is done for you!!!! http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcapwiz.com%2Ffoodallergy%2Fmailapp%2F&h=943c0 Advocacy – FAAN capwiz.com content
RE-release 2010 WNY FOOD ALLERGY SURVEY
Food allergies are on the rise in the United States. According to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, greater than 12 million Americans suffer from life threatening food allergies. Agencies like the Center for Disease control are publishing general statistics, such as “From 1997 to 2007, the prevalence of reported food allergy increased 18% among [...]
Food for Thought – Wine isn’t just grapes
Published in the Wall Street Journal: Winemakers in Anderson Valley—a region about 120 miles north of San Francisco—spent the last year adding elements such as milk byproducts, fish bladders and egg whites to their pinots to eliminate the smoke taste. Over centuries, winemakers have learned that these “fining” tricks can often overcome wine flaws, such [...]
Events
2010 Food Allergy Awareness Week May 9-15 Keep an eye on this post for more details!!!! FAAN Walk August 14th, 2010 at Delaware Park.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Public Comment Period
Dear Friend of FAI, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is seeking public comment on draft Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy. The public comment period is open until May 6. Health care professionals and interested members of the public [...]
Updated -Allergy “Friendly” Food Manufacturers
Below is a list of food allergy “friendly” food manufacturers I have compiled over time. Some are all top 8 free, others are only one or more – please do your research! And feel free to make additions! I recently received an email from Kids With Food Allergies with a link to several of them: [...]
Traveling with my Food Allergic Kid
I wasn’t going to let our disappointing trip to the nut free ice cream parlour get me down! We traveled back to Toronto with a new goal – to find Richman’s 100% Nut Free Bakery!!! Located at 4119 Bathurst Street , Toronto, ON, M3H 3P4, (416) 636-9710 http://www.richmansbakery.ca/ , they offer everything a peanut/tree nut allergic family could want!!! About [...]
Food Labeling on Alcoholic Beverages
Please help make food allergen labeling on alcoholic beverages mandatory (including an ingredients list)! Hello, I’m writing to you because you are those that understand. I have a number of food allergies, as does my young niece. It’s a struggle every day, and at times I feel like I’m playing Russian Roulette with something as [...]