Allergy Action
promoting awareness of potentially fatal food allergies
Anaphylaxis Campaign website www.cateringforallergy.org
Food Standards Agency Advice for people with allergies and intolerances: http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthissues/foodintolerance/
Food Standards Agency Free Guidance for food businesses on allergy and intolerance Download free guidance http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/allergyintol/guide/
Food Standards Agency Providing allergen information for non pre-packed foods Download A3 poster, A4 Guide and A5 booklet or request free copies http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/guidancenotes/labelregsguidance/nonprepacked
Food Standards Agency - Safer Food, Better Business packs - Food Allergy information http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/sfbbfoodallergies06.pdf
Food Standards Agency ‘May Contain’ Labelling – The Consumer’s Perspective: June 2002 FSA/0582/0502 http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/maycontainreport.pdf
Food safety and food standards
Environmental Health Practitioner January 2006 Ask the professional Hazel Gowland and Dr Ian Leitch Beware the allergy and look for the label
Leitch I.S., Walker M.J., Davey R. , Food allergy: Gambling your life on a take-away meal, Int. Jl Env Health Research April 2005; 15(2): 79 – 87
Rothstein H, Escaping the Regulatory Net: Why Regulatory Reform Can Fail Consumers LAW & POLICY, Vol. 27, No. 4, October 2005 ISSN 0265–8240 520 – 548
Gowland H, The reality of the food labelling regime, Good Foods / Bad Foods – the Implications of Food Labelling Policy – and EFSA Progress and Priorities. Westminster Diet and Health Forum 2004, 29 – 36
Gowland H, Leitch I – ed Ackerley L, - Risk Assessment for life: protecting allergic consumers - Food Hygiene and Safety Notes - Health and Hygiene, Royal Institute of Public Health, Summer 2003: 24 2 14-16
BBC television - The Food Police - March 26th, 2003 - Local Authority allergy sampling project in Northern Ireland
Public policy
Pumphrey RSH When should self-injectible epinephrine be prescribed for food allergy and when should it be used? Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2008 8:254–260
Clark AT and Ewan PW Good prognosis, clinical features, and circumstances of peanut and tree nut reactions in children treated by a specialist allergy center July 2008 J Allergy Clin Immunol
Norton L, Dunn Galvin A, Hourihane J O'B Allergy rescue medication in schools: Modeling a new approach Letter to the editor 2008 J Allergy Clin Immunol
Lack G Epidemiologic risks for food allergy June 2008 J Allergy Clin Immunol 2008;121:1331-6
Keogan et al on behalf of the Immunology Group of Ireland Prescription Of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors – Can We Reach A Consensus? Irish Medical Journal Supplement January 2008 Volume 101 Number 1
Simons F Estelle R Emergency treatment of anaphylaxis BMJ 2008;336;1141-1142
Roberts G Anaphylaxis to foods Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2007: 18: 543–548
Sheikh A, Worth A and Akeson N The psychosocial impact of anaphylaxis on young people and their parents 2007 Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 37, 1213–1220
House of Lords Select Committee on Science - Evidence on Allergy January 31st 2007
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldsctech/166/16602.htm (Title page)
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/lduncorr/s&tl310107.pdf (Evidence - M H Gowland)
House of Commons Select Committee on Health - Report on the provision of allergy services - November 2004 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmhealth/696/696.pdf
Allergy - the unmet need - Royal College of Physicians - June 2003 http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/allergy/allergy.pdf
House of Commons Hansard Debate: Westminster Hall October 14th, 2003 Jon Cruddas MP and Minister for Health, Melanie Johnson MP Columns 61-68WH 14 Oct 2003(pt5).htm
Gowland H, Food Allergy – Whose responsibility? Risk assessment for life Diet and Health 2003 The Challenges for Public Policy, Westminster Diet and Health Forum 2003, 31 - 32
Gowland M H, Protecting allergic consumers – an update – Food Allergy and Intolerance Volume 4 Issue 3 2003 207 – 222 Leatherhead Food International
Research
Pumphrey RSH and Gowland MH Further fatal reactions to food in the United Kingdom 1999-2006 J Allergy Clin Immunol Letter to the Editor March 2007
Derby CJ, Gowland MH, Hourihane JO. Sesame allergy in Britain: a questionnaire survey of members of the Anaphylaxis Campaign Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2005 Mar;16(2):171-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15787876&dopt=Abstract%20allergy%20medicine
Grimshaw K E C, King R M, Nordlee J A, Hefle S L, Warner J O, Hourihane J O’B Presentation of allergen in different food presentations affects the nature of the allergic reaction – a case series Clin Exp Allergy 2003: 33 1581 – 1585
Avery N J, King R M, Knight S, Hourihane J O’B Assessment of quality of life of children with peanut allergy Pediatric Allergy and Immunology October 2003 14 5 378
Archive - pre 2003
Nut Allergy Labelling - Report of Research into the Consumer Response December 2002 Food Standards Agency Tel: 0845 606 0667 Ref: FSA/0726/1202
Gowland M H, Food allergen avoidance: risk assessment for life Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2002) 61 39-43
Gowland M H, Life-threatening food allergies: A survivor’s view – Food Allergy and Intolerance Volume 2 Issue 1 2001 28-38 Leatherhead Food Research Association
Gowland M H, Food allergen avoidance - the patient's viewpoint Allergy 56 Supplement 67 Munskgaard (2001) 117 - 120
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 13 Feb 2001 (pt5) Column 46-50 WH Phil Willis MP John Denham MP
Huddart G. Hidden Killers Caterer and Hotelkeeper 14 September, 2000, 50 – 54, and also editorial, 19
Weale S. Shell Shock The Guardian (Weekend) June 24th, 2000 26 – 33
Leitch I., Blair L., and McDowell D. Dealing with Allergy Environmental Health Journal – October 2000, 335 – 339
This product may contain nuts – Voluntary labelling guidelines for food allergens and gluten – May 2000 Institute of Grocery Distribution
Food and Drink - A Guide to its responsible management - Good Manufacturing Practice 4th Edition –Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK) 1998 Dealing with allergens 124 – 128
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 24 Jun 1999 (pt 43) Columns 1405 to 1408 – Edward Davey MP / Food Minister Jeff Rooker MP
Food Safety Act 1990 The Stationery Office
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