I’m so excited to start a new blog series for the parents of food allergic children on best practices for living with food allergies. My hope is that we can get a dialog going and teach each other. I’ll introduce … Continue reading →

  Can I be reading this correctly? Parents Protest Over Girl’s Peanut Allergy Controversy Erupts At Edgewater Elementary Public School “On average, it’s probably a good 30 minutes taken out of the day. That’s my child’s education. Thirty minutes could be … Continue reading →

In every food allergy denier article I come across about how few people really have food allergies, predictably it touts how the number of people who really have food allergies isn’t 30%, but in fact much lower than 10%.  This raises … Continue reading →

In our Halloween fun safety series, we repeatedly mentioned that “fun size” candies frequently are packaged in a different facility from their larger kin, and might have missing, incomplete, or inaccurate labeling. See our mentions of “fun size” here.

Amy also mentioned the treachery of “fun size” candies in our Halloween PSA video.
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A Finnish study published in June and now available online at the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health shows a birth month phenomenon pertaining to food allergies. Finnish children born in October-November exhibit higher prevalence of food allergies than those born later in the year. The researchers suggest a link between the pollen concentration at the time of conception and the likelihood of food allergies.

That’s right, the time of conception is to blame. Parents, our children’s food allergies ARE OUR FAULT!
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The previous posts discussed what to dispense to trick-or-treaters who knock on your door, and what to have on hand for your own child when he returns from trick-or-treating. In short, have a safe supply, including non-food items, for trick-or-treaters … Continue reading →

Last weekend we enjoyed our trip to attend the wedding.  Our daughter’s restaurant meal was perfect, and at the reception she was too enthralled with the whole event to notice what she was eating.  Of course at both venues she had … Continue reading →

This NYT story caught my eye.  Evidently AquAdvantage Salmon, genetically engineered salmon that grow immensely and rapidly, seem likely to become “first genetically engineered animal to enter the American food supply.” The FDA is scheduled to hold a hearing on … Continue reading →

Long heralded for Food Allergy Research and Resource Program (FARRP), with its more general Food website University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) continues to emerge as an authority on food science and an accessible information resource on food safety and other food-related matters. Continue reading →

A peanut-derived miracle food is saving millions from malnutrition, as discussed in this weekend’s NYT Magazine article on Plumpy’nut.  No doubt that will be news to some, but Plumpy’nut has been around for a while.  60 Minutes first aired its story on … Continue reading →

The Regulation Room is soliciting comments on its summary of comments about the Department of Transportation’s proposed Consumer Rule II, which includes language about the safety of flyers with peanut allergies.  While it’s too late to comment on the proposal … Continue reading →

I have the impression that teachers and administrations mean well but unless they’re affected first hand by food allergies their motivation is limited. Go ahead and nudge them.

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“The Mrs.” at Trying Our Best has a nice heartfelt post on sending a food allergic child off to kindergarten for the first time.