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Our daughter has logged more than 10 round-trip flights since she was born 3 years ago. Two of them were international flights. Flying with a food-allergic child is still nerve-wracking, (really, is flying with any child stress-free? LOL!) but we have gotten more prepared and less frantic over the years.
Here are some of […]
Our trip to North Carolina last week, and to Italy and the Philippines in recent years, taught me valuable lessons about managing food allergies and traveling: Don’t assume there is a safe place to eat.
The following tips can help make traveling on longer trips or overseas more manageable.
1. Pack the Epipen and medication, […]
Living with multiple food allergies is a daily challenge, but more so when we’re eating out or traveling. After three years of managing my children’s allergies, I still get anxious whenever we go out of the house, even if it’s only a trip to the groceries, or a week-long travel to the Outer Banks.
However […]
From The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network -
MILK ALLERGY ALERT
June 25, 2008
Bay Valley Foods is recalling “Kroger Chicken Noodle Soup” due toundeclared milk.
The recalled soup was distributed through Dillon stores in Kansas,Missouri, and Nebraska.
The product comes in 10.5-oz. cans, is marked with lot code 52104098, and has a “best before” date code of […]
Thanks to everyone who shared their breakfast ideas as part of Kids Health Notes give-away of Envirokidz Cereals. That question wasn’t random. My daughter has allergies to dairy, eggs and nuts, so breakfast ideas are always a challenge, what with most prepared foods nowadays having ingredients she can’t have. So I made notes from your […]
From The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network -
ALMOND, PECAN, and WALNUT ALLERGY ALERT
June 5, 2008
Kraft Foods is recalling one code date of “Post LiveActive Mixed Berry Crunch Cereal” due to undeclared almonds, pecans, and/or walnuts.
This product was sold in stores nationwide.
The product comes in a 13-oz. box with a “best when used by” date […]
Now this alert is very unusual, and caught my attention this late in the day!
One, because it’s a major brand. Two, because it’s undeclared milk in chocolate soymilk, which made me wonder how that actually got contaminated. Three, because my daughter drinks this brand.
From The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network -
MILK ALLERGY ALERT
April 23, […]
From The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network -
EGG, SOY, and WHEAT ALLERGY ALERT
April 14, 2008
Inter-American Products, Inc., is recalling “Private Selection LightChurned Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream” due to undeclared egg, soy, and wheat.
The product was distributed to Kroger stores in Alabama, Arkansas,Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
The […]
From The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network -
PEANUT and ALMOND ALLERGY ALERT
APRIL 10, 2008
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., is recalling “Chocolate Covered Almonds” due to undeclared peanuts and “Chocolate Double-Dipped Peanuts” due to undeclared almonds.
These products were available at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations in 41 states.
These products were packaged […]
It was a good thing that Ruth of Allergizer tagged me, otherwise I wouldn’t have read her post that McDonald’s french fries contain milk and wheat.
I verified this at the McDo website and sure enough -
*CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK (Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients.)
I […]
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