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Aadam talks to us about how some careful forward planning and having a plan led to him going on the trek of a lifetime through the Wahabi desert

14th June 2018

Travelling to the far corners of the world has never been more accessible; the thought of being able to experience new cultures, push yourself out of your comfort zone and take on ‘bucket list’ style challenges has seen some of us reaching for the passport and packing a bag. However, when you’re living with a […]

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Taking part in Orange Wig Day is a truly family affair for the Moreton family

11th June 2018

Orange Wig Day is the biggest and brightest day in the annual calendar of the Anaphylaxis Campaign as people from across the UK wear distinctive orange wigs at home, work and school to raise awareness about severe allergies and anaphylaxis. Getting involved was truly a family affair this year for nurse Lucy and her children, […]

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Peanut Alert - Two John & Pascalis Ltd Four Seasons Sesame Tahini products - Allergy Alert - E H Booths & Co Ltd is recalling Booths Honey & Spelt Bread - Allergy alert - Mileage Ltd recalls Noury Individually Quick Frozen Prawns - Allergy Alert - Booths Honey and Spelt Bread - Allergy alert - Azka Impex recalls PRAN Muri Moa - Allergy Alert- Mustard- Brady Family Glazed by Hand Real Irish Ham - Allergy Alert- National Trust- Various Products - Allergy Alert- Uncle Bok- Various Products - Soya and Milk Alert – N J Marketing Ltd Lemon Bonbons - Pistachio Alert - Variety of Happy Jackson chocolates - Allergen Alert - Sainsbury's in store bakery all butter croissants - Allergy Alert - Fazila 5 Large Lamb Kebab Rolls and 5 Large Chicken Kebab Rolls - Allergy Alert - Crosse & Blackwell Green Vegetable & Kale Soup - Allergy Alert- Lidl Ireland, Harvest Basket Potato Croquettes - Barley (Gluten) Alert - Two James Hall & Co Sandwiches - Allergy Alert- Clayton Park Bakery - Allergy Alert - E H Booths Sandwiches - Allergy Alert- Cake Zone Muffins 4 pack Chunky Cherry and Double Chocolate Flavour - Allergy Alert- Vitasia Gyoza Dumplings with Chicken & Pork - Peanut Alert - McEnnedy Peanut Flavoured Supersize Flips - Milk Alert - Co-Op Hoisin Chicken Noodle Box - Sesame Alert - Two by Sainsbury's breakfast biscuits - Sesame Alert- Asco Foods Ltd- Dee Thai Crispy Rolls - Gluten Alert - Quorn™ 2 Gluten Free Burgers - Milk Alert - Bradbury & Son (Buxton) Ltd - Lo-Col - Milk Alert - Various Nutrisport Ltd products - Soya Alert - Various Alice Cairns meat products - Update: McDonald’s Buns and English Muffin - Egg Alert - Mullaghmore Bakery 3 scone flavours (Fruit, Cherry & Wheaton) - Milk Alert - Marks and Spencer Louisiana BBQ Chicken Flatties - Milk Alert - Hot-Smoked Salmon - Almond and Cashew Alert - by Sainsbury’s Fruit and Honey Seed Mix - Wheat Alert - Ritz Chipster - Sulphites alert - Moon Sweets Couture UK Ltd Fizz Wizz Fruit Chews - Almond, wheat, milk, eggs, pistachio and barley Alert - Duc de Coeur Macarons - Sulphite Alert - Organic Chlorella Powder - Soya, sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites, and wheat (gluten) alert - Yorkshire Game 17 Wild Venison Burgers - Peanut and Nut - McDonald's Alert - Nut Alert - Stracciatella Di Brgamo Gelato - Egg Alert - Mary Berry’s Salad Dressing - Milk and Barley (gluten) Alert - BOL Caribbean Jerk Curry - Milk Alert - Cupsmith Truly Magnificent White Hot Chocolate - Milk Alert - Two Hearty Food Company products - Almond Alert - Lotte Choco Pie - Wheat (gluten) Alert - Biona Organic Spelt Lasagne Sheets - Almond Alert - Rude Health Cacao & Vanilla Granola - Egg, Wheat and Gluten Alert - Innovative Bites and American Fizz Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites - Sesame Alert - Sara Tahina - Egg Alert - Empire Biscuit - Milk Alert - Interlink Direct Ltd CG Coconut Candy - Sulphur Dioxide - Rolnik Beer Mustard - Egg Alert - Aunt Bessie's Croquettes - Ireland Alert - Gluten (wheat), Egg, Fish, Milk and Mustard Alert - Deluxe Wild Salmon in puff pastry - Sulphur Dioxide/ Sulphites Alert - Interlink Direct Ltd CEBU Dried Mangoes - Celery and Mustard Alert - SQ Wholesale four flavours of Robertson Rajah Curry Powder - Soya Alert - Mr. Dips Taramasalata - Nut Alert - Turkish Delight – Rose and Lemon Flavour - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites Alert - Two Varieties of C&K Meats Sausages - Wheat (gluten), Milk, Nuts, Egg and Soya Alert - Five Ultra products - North Ireland - Egg Alert - Two varieties of Western Brand Garlic Kiev's - Mustard Alert - The Spice Tailor Fiery Goan Curry - Gluten and Milk Alert - Grafschafter Kräuter Butter Baguette and Grafschafter Knoblauch Butter Baguette - Molluscs Alert - Eridanous Squid Rings - Pistachio Alert - Hellenic Grocery Handmade Loukoumi Mixed Flavours - Milk Alert - Lidl Ireland - Favorina Chocolate Dip Eggs - Gluten Alert - Trafo tortilla chips - Milk Alert - CO YO dairy free coconut milk yogurt - Egg Alert - Laila Mint Sauce - Celery Alert - Morrisons Italian Penne Bolognese Bake - Northern Ireland Milk Alert - Country Kitchen Coleslaw and Potato Salad Twin Pack - Gluten Alert - Amaizin Organic Natural Corn Products - Change in allergen status - Ryvita Multi-Seed Thins, 125g and Ryvita Caramelised Onion Thins 125g - Fish, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Sesame and Soya Alert - Optima Consumer Healthcare Limited two products - Milk Alert - Boots Delicious Pineapple and Berry Compote - Milk Alert - Natural Days Ground Rice Flour - Milk Alert - Wikinger Hot Dogs - Gluten Alert - 2 Gluten Free Scotch Eggs - Egg and Mustard Alert - Morrisons Eat Smart COUNTED Honey and Mustard Dressing - Milk Alert - Walkers Oven Baked Roast Chicken & Thyme flavour and Walkers Oven Baked Sea Salt Flavour - Peanut Alert - Kam Yuen Crab Roe Flavour Sunflower Seeds - Walnut Alert - Tesco Finest Chocolate Cake - Gluten Alert - Organic Buckwheat Noodles with Amaranth, wheat & gluten free - Nut Alert - Dr. Oetker Ready Rolled Regal Ice - Soya, Egg, Peanuts, Wheat, Barley, Oats (gluten), Milk & Sulphites Alert - Ridiculously Rich by Alana - Update - Mustard and Milk Alert - Big Al’s Chicken Chunks, Chicken Dippers and Chicken Goujons - Milk, oats and sulphites - Hench Fuel Protein Porridge - Prawn Alert - By Sainsbury’s 10 Vegetable Spring Roll Selection - Mustard and Fish Alert - Morrisons Traditonal Chicken & Mushroom Pie - Mustard and Fish - Morrisons Traditional Chicken & Mushroom Pie - Milk and soya alert - NutriPlan Vitamin and Mineral Enriched Meal in a Drink - Mustard Alert - Birds Eye 4 x Shortcrust Chicken Pies - Milk and wheat alert - Dr Oetker Decor Kit - Milk, wheat, egg, walnuts and soya alert - Cuisine Solutions Ltd Cake Club Carrot Cake and Cake Club Chocolate Fudge Cake - Soya Alert - Lidl Connell Bakery Wholesome Seed and Grain Sliced Pan - Cashew Nut Alert - Clancy’s Barbecue Flavour Coated Peanuts - Nuts and Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites Alert - Alesto Snacking Pockets - Milk and Soya Alert - Pro Pharma 100% Whey High Protein Powder Food Supplement - Milk, Soya, Wheat and Hazelnut Alert - Four varieties of Lidl Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - Gluten Alert - Fried Beaten Rice with Spiced Poppadum & Peanuts - Sulphite Alert - Mary Berry’s Horseradish Sauce - Brazil Nuts Alert - Snacking Essentials Fruit & Nut - Soya Alert - Les Brioche Pain au lait Brioche Rolls - Mustard Alert - Mr Naga Hot Pepper Pickle - Milk and Soya Alet - HIGH5 Energy Source Summer Fruits products - Milk, Oats and Gluten Alert - Various Bite Fuel Protein Granola Trail Mixes - Wheat (gluten) Alert -Wasabi Peas - Milk Alert - Independent Sliced Chorizo Dry Cured and Seasoned with Paprika - Milk Alert - Chicken and Bacon Layered Salad - Updated: Gluten and Soya Alert - Heera Punjabi Wadi - Celery Alert - Three Loch Arther Creamery Cheeses - Milk Alert - Cloughbane Homemade Stuffing - Peanut Alert - 9NINE Super Seeds Breakfast Apricot & Strawberry Bar 50g - Milk Alert - Tesco Cookie & Cream Biscuits - Peanut Alert - Whitworths Milk Chocolate Raisins - Mustard Alert - ASDA Classic Fish Pie - Mustard, Soya and Celery Alert - Three Frohwein Beef products - Ireland - Celery, Mustard, Milk, Wheat (gluten) and Barley (gluten) Alert - Three Lidl Ireland Products - Egg Alert - Tesco Creamy Leek and Bacon Cooking Sauce - Gluten and mustard alert - Poe Limited Products - Milk alert - Booths Fruit Teacakes, 4-pack - Milk Alert - Doritos Chilli Heatwave - Soya and sulphur dioxide/sulphites Alert - Spar Daily Deli Peppered Ham & Egg Sandwiches - Peanut, Tree Nut, Gluten and Milk Alert - Clif Builder’s Protein Chocolate Mint Bars - Wheat (gluten), soya and milk Alert - Birthday Cake Cookies Dough Bites - Hazelnut Alert - Belgian White Chocolate Chunk All Butter Cookies - Allergy Allert dairy and pistachio nuts - Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Edamame Thai spiced dip - Sulphur dioxide and/or sulphites - Fisherman Salted Radish - Milk, soya & wheat (gluten) - Mini Vegetable Samosas - Gluten containing ingredients removed from Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts 60g, 270g and 220g bags. - Egg, milk, wheat (gluten), sulphites - Cherry Tree Home Bakery various products (N Ireland only) - Celery Alert - Biltong - Soya and Barley (gluten) Alert - Two Direct Food Solution Ltd Products - Unilever Food Solutions – Knorr Chicken Powder Bouillon 900g x 6 - Wheat and barley (gluten) - Old Ale Bottle - Egg Alert - SPAR Raspberry Cheesecake - Milk and Barley - Quorn Chilled Cocktail Sausage - Macadamia Nut Alert - Wholefood Cranberries - Barley Alert - Brasserie Gluten Free Organic Pale Ale - Northern Ireland - Soya Alert - Gourmet Cheese & Bacon Burgers - Almond alert - The Pantry Madagascan Vanilla Extract, 38ml, sold by Aldi - Nut alert - Mini Size Jammie Dodgers - Gluten Alert - Cofresh Cornflake mix - Nut (Almond) Alert - SuperValu Signature Tastes Irish Sherry Trifle 800g and 350g - Allergen - milk - 5 Renew Life® probiotic supplements - Fazal’s Namak Para, 300g - extended recall - wheat (gluten) and/or milk and/or egg and/or nuts - Barley Alert - ASDA Limited Edition Szechuan Chicken - Kingsmill Teacakes - new egg and milk allergen warning - Wheat (gluten) Alert - Five Fazal’s confectionery products - Peanut and Nut Alert - KitKat Original Milk Chocolate Bites Pouch Bag - Milk Alert - White Rabbit Creamy Candy - Allinson’s 6 Brown Snack Rolls - new egg and milk risk - Wheat (gluten) Alert - Samlip Fresh Udon Noodle - Egg, Wheat (gluten) and Milk Alert - Three Krunchi Foods Products - Milk, Egg and Pork Alert - Tesco Finest Crab & Chilli Linguine - Wheat (gluten) - Co-op Irresistible Outdoor Bred Breaded Ham – Scottish Pork - Milk Alert - Thorntons Dark Chocolate Easter Egg with a personalised Iced Message - Fish and Crustaceans Alert - By Sainsbury’s Vegetable Sushi Snack Pack - Northern Ireland Only - Milk Alert - Four Homestead Homebakes products - Northern Ireland ONLY - Milk Alert - Slemish Assorted Pastries and Slemish Cupcake - Lidl Ireland - Soya, celery, lupin, mustard, sesame and cereals containing gluten - Kania Vegetable Stock Cubes - Milk alert - SunVit-D3 5000IU Tablets - Weetabix Food Company - Change of production site and nut caution - Egg Alert - Kenrow Chocolate bar, two varieties - Barley Alert - Two batches of incorrectly packaged Lindt Easter egg - Milk, egg, mustard and sesame - Tesco Oriental Kitchen Chicken Chow Mein, 400g - Best Fresh sandwich products - Egg Alert - Eton Mess White Chocolate, 100g and Lemon Meringue Chocolate bars, 95g - Mustard and Sulphites - Avoca Food Market Tomato Chutney, 320g - Egg Alert - Tesco Spaghetti Bolognese (frozen), 400g - Milk Alert - ZV Whey Protein 90, 500g - Nut alert - Uncle Roy’s Natural Bitter Almond Extract, 50ml/1.75oz - Milk and Mustard - Waitrose Frozen 2 Breaded Haddock Fillets - Wheat (gluten) and milk alert - Poundstretcher - Chocolate Crème Oreo 176g - Wheat (gluten) and milk - Limerick Cooked Ham - Milk Alert - Little Dish Pasta Bolognese, 300g - Mustard Alert - Skinny Goan Spiced Chicken Soup, 600g and 700g - Milk an Fish Alert - Co-op Southern Fried Chicken Wrap - Wheat, milk, soya and sulphites - B&M Mini Cream Cookies - Egg and Sulphites - MDA Products 15 Oat & Raisin Cookies - Peanut Alert - Profusion Organic Cacao Nibs Cashew Butter, 250g - Cashew Alert - Tesco Takeaway Butter Chicken - Gluten, milk, egg, soya, fish alert - Morrisons Market Street Assorted Party Cupcakes - Doritos Lightly Salted 200g Sharing Packs - by Sainsbury’s Ready Salted Crisps 6x25g - Wheat (gluten) Alert - Delphi Puy Lentil & Couscous Salad and Delphi Taramosalata Dip - Sesame Alert - Delphi Meze 4 Felafel with Fresh Houmous Dip - Soya Alert - Delphi Edamame Beans & White Cheese Salad - Walnut Alert - Irresistible Gingerbread Latte Cake - Milk Alert - Six Boost and Boom energy bar products - Nut (almond) Alert - Dr Oetker Regal Ice Ready Rolled Icing White - Milk Alert - ASDA Main for 2 Vegetable Balti - Milk Alert - ASDA Butcher’s Selection British Beef 3 Thin Cut Steaks with Garlic and Herb Butter - Sunblest 4 Fruit Teacakes - recipe change - Soya - Change in recipe and allergen labeling - Kellogg's NutriGrain Cereal Bar - Peanut Alert - Coconut Almond Butter, 250g Jar - Milk Alert - ALDI, Chinese Chicken Curry with Egg Fried Rice, 450g - Egg, Soya, Wheat - Change in recipe and allergen labelling - McVitie's Toasting Waffles - Gluten Alert - Gower Brewery Ltd, 4 types of beer - Gluten alert - Sena Farali Lot flour, 1kg - Walnut alert - Lizzie’s Food Factory Gluten Free Brownie

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Statement from ALK regarding the supply of Jext® 150 mcg and 300 mcg Adrenaline Auto-Injector

17th October 2018

Supply of Jext® (adrenaline as tartrate) 150 mcg and 300 mcg Adrenaline Auto-Injector There is currently a shortage of adrenaline auto-injectors in the UK. This shortage has been caused by intermittent supply issues of the most commonly prescribed brand and is affecting most countries in Europe. It is anticipated that supply will stabilise in the […]

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Helpline frequently asked questions

16th October 2018

In recent weeks we have received a dramatic increase in inquiries to our Helpline with lots of our members and the wider allergic community expressing concern on a range of topics. Our helpline and information team have answered some of the most frequently asked questions that we have recently received.

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The Department of Health & Social Care have released a revised Supply Disruption Alert regarding EpiPen and EpiPen Junior auto injectors.

15th October 2018

We are aware that many people across the UK are experiencing issues when seeking to obtain adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs), despite having a prescription for these devices and appreciate that this can be very worrying. EpiPen and EpiPen Junior will be subject to limited availability for the remainder of 2018.The revised Supply Disruption Alert has been […]

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Statement on the Trial of Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid following the death of Megan Lee

4th October 2018

Today Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid are appearing before Manchester Crown Court having been charged with manslaughter and charges of breaking various food safety food requirements, following the death of 15-year old Megan Lee. Megan had eaten food from the Royal Spice Indian takeaway in Hyndburn, Lancashire on Friday December 30th 2016 before experiencing […]

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