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What we so far know: Mustard Products and Peanut Contamination (21st October 2024) 21st October 2024

All products containing mustard, mustard powder, or mustard flour as an ingredient should be avoided by those with peanut allergies until further notice.
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Questions to Ask when Choosing a Secondary School for your Child 11th October 2024

It can be overwhelming choosing a secondary school that you trust to keep your child safe and we know that parents, carers and students often feel unsure about what questions to ask to help them make the decision that is right for them. But rest assured, the team at Anaphylaxis UK have got you covered!
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The Hidden Battle with Allergies : Keeping Students Safe in School 4th October 2024

Education can be an anxious time people living with or caring for someone with serious allergies. As our focus for Anaphylaxis Awareness Week 2024 is about easing The Hidden Battle with Allergies, we wanted to share some of the information and support we offer to educational settings to help keep children with allergies safe in school.
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The Anaphylaxis Campaign welcomes Ireland’s new legislation to allow the holding and administering of AAIs by colleges, workplaces and sports venues following extensive lobbying and consultation 10th November 2015

This new legislation allows trained members of the public to administer life-saving rescue medicines and Pharmacists given legal permission to administer more vaccines and emergency saving medications — which includes Adrenaline Auto-Injectors This further strengthens our case to introduce similar

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Our CEO, Lynne Regent attends the International Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Alliance Meeting — Washington DC, 27th Sept — 29th Sept 2015 10th November 2015

The Anaphylaxis Campaign is a founding member of the International Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Alliance (IFAAA) representing 20 countries.  The IFAAA is an alliance of patient education groups from around the world. The Alliance’s mission is to unite organisations working

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Anaphylaxis Campaign merges with the Latex Allergy Support Group 10th November 2015

Following our Extraordinary General Meeting held yesterday in London – we are very proud to announce that from today, 24th September 2015, the Anaphylaxis Campaign is to merge with the Latex Allergy Support Group (LASG). Lynne Regent, CEO the Anaphylaxis

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The Health Conditions in Schools Alliance is now online 10th November 2015

10/11/2015 The Health Conditions in Schools Alliance (HCSA) has gone live with a new website to help schools find information and advice on caring for children with health conditions quicker and easier than ever before. There are certain policies and

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The Anaphylaxis Campaign welcomes news that the Royal College of Physicians will host the first UK accreditation scheme for adult allergy services 10th November 2015

10/11/2015 The Anaphylaxis Campaign welcomes news that the Royal College of Physicians will host the first UK accreditation scheme for adult allergy services The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Accreditation Unit will host the first clinical service accreditation scheme for

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EAACI pledges to push for stronger allergen labelling rules 20th July 2015

11/02/2013 The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) has said it will push for stricter EU legislation on allergen labelling, saying that current laws on ‘may contain’ labelling are insufficient to protect those with food allergies. The Anaphylaxis

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The horse meat scandal & food allergen labelling: The bigger picture 20th July 2015

18/02/2013 In light of the recent horse meat scandal, whereby various processed meat products from multiple companies have been found to contain up to 100% horse meat instead of the advertised beef mince, we were contacted by a number of

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The Quality of Life and Coping Mechanisms of Adult Food Allergy Sufferers Undergraduate Dissertation Study Summary 20th July 2015

20/07/2015 An estimated 21 million adults in the United Kingdom currently suffer from an allergy (Mintel, 2010); this is over 20% of the UK population and is one of the highest prevalence rates in the world (Levy et al., 2004).

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Food allergy: from thresholds to action levels 20th July 2015

The Anaphylaxis Campaign participated in a groundbreaking meeting organised by the European Branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI-Europe) held on 13th and 14th September 2012. The workshop, entitled “Food Allergy: From Thresholds to Action Levels”, drew together key

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