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Information for businesses who sell food that is prepacked for direct sale to consumers. New legislation, which will require food businesses in Scotland to include the product name and full ingredients on food sold prepacked for direct sale (PPDS), comes

This week Tanya Ednan-Laperouse and Emma Turay – two mothers who lost their teenage daughters Natasha and Shante to anaphylaxis – have joined together to call on the Government to appoint an Allergy Tsar. Tanya said: “allergic disease is increasing in the

Globally, food allergy is increasing in prevalence across all age groups, and has been shown to have a strong impact on the lives and well-being of children, teens, adults, parents and their families. In order to better understand, and support,

A restaurant in Derby has been prosecuted by Derby City Council Trading Standards after a customer with a peanut allergy suffered a severe reaction after eating a takeaway. The customer had advised staff of their allergy at Masala in Curzon

As with so many business events over the last 16 months, we were unable to hold a Conference in 2020, so we are delighted to announce that for 2021 our industry renowned Conference is going virtual! We plan to create

Following a consultation with the care sector and the public, the Government has announced it is bringing forward regulations to make vaccination a condition for any individual working in a CQC-regulated care home providing nursing or personal care in England.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has set out a plan of how local authorities can get back to food hygiene and standards work after dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The recovery plan for local authorities proposes a restart to the

The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Registry for Immunotherapy (BRIT) has published its first report documenting its findings here Launched in October 2018, this online national registry collects data from patients receiving allergen immunotherapy to aeroallergens and venom, as well

Thoko is 13 years old and in Year 8 at Co-op Academy Manchester. She is allergic to beans, nuts and eggs. She lives with her mum, dad and sister and is the only one with allergies. Thoko is sharing her