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Living with a Severe Nut Allergy – Rosie Brandreth-Poynter
Living with a nut allergy, and, subsequently, my little sister’s nut allergy drove my passion for baking, and, ultimately my decision to apply for the Great British Bake Off. When I was five years old, I had an anaphylactic reaction, and was diagnosed with a severe nut allergy. Allergies were a lot less common in […]
Skydive for the Anaphylaxis Campaign in Memory of Megan Lee
Olivia Walmsley and her friend Olivia Staveley, both 16 years old, are due to complete a skydive on Saturday 31st August, in memory of their friend Megan Lee. Megan tragically passed away, at just 15 years of age, after ordering a takeaway meal online which contained peanuts from the Royal Spice Indian in Lancashire. Since […]
Almond, Hazelnut and Soya Alert - Waitrose No.1 Dominican Republic Milk Chocolate 49% - Milk Alert - Stockley's Fruit Sherbets - Nut Alert - Waitrose Chocolate Mini Cupcakes - Uncle Roy’s recalls Rabbie's Super Horseradish because of undeclared mustard - Soya Alert - Holland & Barrett Super Hair Food Supplement - Fish, Mollusc, Milk and Wheat (Gluten) Alert - SPAR Chicken and Prawn Paella - Fish Alert - Highland Bay Seafoods Baked Whole King Scallops with a creamy leek & kale sauce topped with mash potato - Milk Alert - Magnum White Chocolate ice cream tubs - Milk Alert - Shana Foods Mixed Vegetable Samosas - Sulphur Dioxide Alert - Naturis Cold Pressed Juice 'Rooting For You' Variant - Milk Alert - Oumph! The Burger - Milk Alert - Nissin Demae Ramen Spicy Noodles - Milk Alert - No Porkies 6 Meat-Free Sausage Rolls - Milk Alert - Tee Yih Jia Food (TYJ) Various Products - Milk Alert - Various TYJ Spring Home Pastry Products - Wheat (Gluten) Alert - Han Dian Taiwanese Authentic Braised Minced Pork - Milk Alert - Iceland Takeaway No 26 Chinese Banquet - Milk Alert - Kuhne Made for Meat Chipotle Burger Style Sauce - Milk Alert - NO MOO Chocolate Puddings - Almond Alert - Booths Lemon Meringue Cake - Peanut Alert - Sacla various pesto products - Wheat (Gluten), Milk, Egg, Almonds, Other Nuts and Soya Alert - Lazzaroni Italian Collection Gift Bag - Mustard and Celery Alert - Pot Noodle Beef & Tomato - Milk Alert - Asda Meatball Marinara meal - Wheat (Gluten) Alert - Home Bargains Oxfordshire Tea Co. Butter Shortbread - Milk Alert - Aldi Ashfield Farm British Breaded Chicken Steaks - Gluten (Barley) and Celery Alert - Waitrose Carrot and Coriander Soup - Wheat (Gluten) alert - Welsh Cottage Cakes Spelt & Fruit Cake - Egg and Wheat Alert - Costa Coffee Mini Millionaire Mallow Bites - Milk, Oat, Gluten, Peanut and Soya Alert - Various Spartan Protein products - Peanut Alert - Lidl Baresa Pesto Alla Genovese - Egg Alert - LITALY Wafer Roll products - Milk, Nuts, Peanuts, Soya, Egg and Cereals containing Gluten Alert - Lidl J.D. GROSS Mozart Kugeln - Cashew Nut Alert - Tesco Takeaway Hot Indian Meal for 2 - Cashew Nut and Egg Alert - Sacla' Coriander Pesto - Barley, Gluten, Egg, Milk, Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame and Soya - Lidl J.D. Gross Mini Chocolate Bites products - Milk Alert - Cesare Fiorucci SpA products - Milk, Egg, Hazelnut, Wheat, Soya, Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame Alert - Alpenfest Pretzel Ice Cream - Wheat, Hazelnut, Milk, Egg, Soya and Oat Alert - Lidl Sondey Grandino Cookies Assorted - Nut, Peanut, Soya, Milk, Oat (Gluten) and Sulphite Alert - Focused Nutrition Choc Chip Flapjacks - Wheat (gluten), egg and milk alert - Lidl Ireland products - Milk Alert - Belvita Soft Bakes Choco Hazelnut - Wheat Alert - Waitrose Sour Cream and Chive Mix - Almond Alert - Various Flames Food products - Mustard and Celery Alert - Sunburst Snacks Spicy Cashews - Milk Alert - Naturli' Organic Vegan Spreadable - Milk Alert - Thomas Tucker Popcorn Products - Soya Alert - Two Waitrose Soups - Soya Alert - Sainsbury's Deliciously Free From 4 Fruity Hot Cross Buns - Sesame, Egg and Milk Alert - Lidl SPEEDFAST Quarter Pounder with Cheese - Milk Alert - COOK Green Thai Chicken Curry - Crustacean alert - itsu Veg Gyoza - Mustard Alert - Blue Dragon Street Food Satay Skewers - Milk Alert - Tan Y Castell Chocolate Chip Griddles - Various Allergens - Flames Foods products - Milk Alert - Tan Y Castell Chocolate Chip Griddles - Sesame and Nut Alert - Leonidas Assortment of Belgian Chocolates - Milk Alert - Organic Amisa Lactose Free Rice Milk Chocolate Rice Cakes - Nut Alert - Essential Chocolate Chip and Coconut Organic Flapjack - Sulphite Alert - Heera Premium Quality Golden Sultanas - Sesame Alert - Tesco 2 British Cheese Burgers with Buns - Milk Alert - Shazans 10 Bite Size Punjabi Samosas - Milk Alert - Yorkshire Provender Rustic Vegetable Broth - Fish Alert - SPAR Prawn Marie Rose Pasta Salad - Wheat and Rye (Gluten) Alert - Asda Liver, Bacon with Mash Meal - Milk Alert - Tesco Turkish Inspired Tomato Seasoning - Wheat (Gluten), Milk, Egg and Soya Alert - Mica 3 Belgian Frangipans - Nut and Milk Alert - Various Nestle Dolca Chocolate Products - Milk Alert - Gnaw Dark Chocolate - Milk Alert - Lidl Alesto Mixed Nuts Mediterranean Style Red Pepper - Crustacean Alert - Bok Choy and Mushroom Dumplings - Fish, Milk and Egg Alert - Costa Coffee Chicken & Bacon Pasta Salad - Multiple Allergens - Range of Tony's Kitchen products - Almond, Hazelnut and Cashew Nut Alert - Dorset Cereals 'Simply Oat Granola' - Kingsmill Muffins Allergy Update - Milk Alert - Macaroon Bars - Peanut Alert - Go Ahead! Nutty Crunch Hazelnut - Wheat (Gluten) Alert - Asda Dauphinoise Potatoes - Mustard Alert - Essential Wholefoods Curry Powder Madras Hot - Hazelnut, Milk and Almond Alert - Lidl HealthyCo Proteinella Hazelnut Crème - Milk Alert - Sidoli Gluten Free Syrup Sponge Pudding - Mustard Alert - Alamgeer Bassar Curry Powder - Milk Alert - Morrisons Free From Choc Chip Cookies - Allinson’s Serious White with Sourdough Bread: New Product Launch and Allergy Update - Nut Alert - Kallo Foods Ltd Whole Earth 3 Nut Butter - Almond, Walnut and Soya Alert - Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey Non-Dairy Ice Cream - Soya and Mustard Alert - Genesis Crafty Cheese Scones - Egg Alert - Genius Cinnamon and Raisin Bagels - Milk, Soya and Barley Alert - Various Macadams Bakery Products - Wheat, Oat and Gluten Alert - Hackney Hopster Beer - Milk Alert - Clive's Cake Organic Chocolate Brownie - Mustard, Sesame, Egg and Milk Alert - Range of Café Class products - Milk Alert - Lewis Pies Ltd Traditional Pasty - Peanut Alert - Asda Garlic and Parsley butter - Barley Alert - Hovis Granary Bread Flour - Milk Alert - Ikea Soft Marshmallows - Hazelnut, Milk, Soya, Wheat and Barley Alert - Lidl Mister Choc Filled Chocolate Fingers Hazelnut Crisp - Milk Alert - Graze Sea Salt & Vinegar Veg Crunchers - Milk Alert - Two Morrisons Chinese Takeaway Products - Mustard Alert - Boots Shapers Teriyaki Houmous Chips - Mustard Alert – Asda Sweet Potato & Red Chilli Soup 600g - Mustard Alert – Coop Soup Range - Milk Alert – Create a Cake Home Bake Dark Chocolate Chips - Milk Alert - Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients - Dark Chocolate Chunks and Chips - Peanut Alert - Jumbo UK Millet Based Porridge

News

Rise in home-based food businesses

22nd February 2021

There has been a 44% increase in home-based food businesses since the start of the first lockdown, according to a new centralised online registration system used by nearly 200 local authorities, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed. The FSA also said that the growth of at-home food businesses is a concern, particularly as this […]

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New study finds that fatalities due to food anaphylaxis are rare and the rate of fatalities is decreasing

18th February 2021

A new study, commissioned and funded by the Food Standards Agency and Medical Research Agency, has found that despite hospital admissions increasing for food-induced anaphylaxis, deaths as a result were very rare with the rate decreasing during the 20-year period assessed from 1998-2018. Another important finding highlighted by the study which was published in the […]

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New Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines announced

12th February 2021

Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM). Sir Munir is a clinical pharmacologist and geneticist who currently holds the David Weatherall Chair in Medicine at the University of Liverpool and is a Consultant Physician at Liverpool […]

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Remembering Pat Schooling

9th February 2021

It is with great sadness that we have to report the death on January 20th of Pat Schooling, the Director and moving spirit behind Action Against Allergy.  Pat was 93. Action Against Allergy was founded by Amelia Nathan Hill in 1978, it was the first charity to be set up to support those with undiagnosed […]

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