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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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Anaphylaxis UK, a UK charity that provides training and support on serious allergies, has launched a new online e-learning course for workplaces.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today (04/09/2023) updated it’s best practice technical guidance on food allergen labelling to support food business and keep consumers safe.

A new article by Dr Paul Turner, an eminent authority on allergies at Imperial College, London and member of the Anaphylaxis UK Clinical & Scientific Panel states that the risk of a reaction for an individual with a food allergy on

Anaphylaxis UK has launched a new factsheet to provide evidence-based information on food immunotherapy, a treatment option for food allergies that has been growing in popularity in recent years.