The Guardian today has a special supplement on Asthma and Allergies which we contributed to.  This supplement includes articles featuring our patron Giorgio Locatelli, one of our members Ian Ne gus and a piece on anaphylaxis symptoms. They have also

In February, an amendment to the infant formulae and follow-on formulae regulation came into effect. This amendment permits goats’ milk infant formula and follow-on formula to be sold on the UK market. At this time, the Food Standards Agency expects

Peanut allergy, which affects 1 in 50 children in the UK, is one of the most high risk allergens, alongside tree nuts, milk and egg. However, a new study of peanut allergy in those aged 4-11 months has noted that

Statement regarding recent study linking commonly used medicines, including over-the-counter anticholinergic antihistamine treatments for conditions such as hay-fever, to dementia. A recent study found there may be a link between commonly used medicines, including some first-generation antihistamines, and dementia. The BBC

Last week The FSA  issued an alert to people with nut allergies about a batch of ground cumin sold by The Barts Ingredients Company Ltd which was found to contain traces of almond protein not listed on the label. The

Overall the results were very positive and cross contamination appears to be well controlled by manufacturers. On the rare occasion cross contamination did occur the products were marked up with a precautionary label.  This supports our advice that allergic consumers

Today, 4th November 2014, we have launched an important new initiative for our schools. If successful, this campaign will ensure every state school, pre-school and nursery have a stock of Adrenaline Auto-Injectors and there are sufficient trained staff to operate

The Prescription Charges Coalition has issued a statement in response to proposals from the Barker Commission which recommend some fundamental changes to prescription charges in order to raise a potential additional £1 billion revenue for the NHS. These include the