
The operator of Hipping Hall in Cumbria has been fined £16,000 following an incident in which the best man at a wedding hosted at the hotel suffered anaphylaxis due to nuts in the canapés.
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This year’s Anaphylaxis Awareness Week (1-7 October), sponsored by Nestle Health Science, starts this Sunday with a focus on empowering people with the right knowledge and building confidence to safely manage serious allergies.
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The Rock Pub and Bed and Breakfast, Blackwood, Gwent, has been prosecuted for failing to provide allergen information
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MHRA has launched an adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) safety campaign to highlight the importance and safe use of AAIs as the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.
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Food and Drink Federation (FDF) published new guidance outlining what food business operators should consider when managing changes that impact the allergen labelling on pre-packaged products.
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Two nurse specialists have spoken about their initiative to set up a paediatric community allergic clinic at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust to improve access to expert care for children with allergic conditions.
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Several studies have now been published to provide the prevalence estimates of food allergy and food sensitisation to the most common foods in Europe – cow’s milk, egg, wheat, soy, peanut, tree nuts, fish and shellfish.
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Troy Kebab in Crawley High Street, West Sussex, has been prosecuted by West Sussex County Council after it sold a kebab containing milk to a customer that had declared a milk allergy, and made misleading statements about the meat content in the takeaway’s doner kebab.
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Anaphylaxis UK, a UK charity that provides training and support on serious allergies, has launched a new online e-learning course for workplaces.
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