Pages Tagged “FARE”
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- Intentionally Contaminated
Food companies are adding sesame flour to foods that didn’t have sesame so they can “comply” with new labeling requirements by always labeling “contains sesame” instead of instead of adding it to their existing cross-contamination protocols. Meaning people with sesame allergy are suddenly finding that foods they used to be able to eat are now […]
- Wondering About Age and Food Allergy Deaths
OK, this is a bit morbid, but bear with me. Most news stories about deaths from food allergies feature children or teenagers, maybe young adults in their twenties. You read about grieving parents. You rarely read about the 40-year-old who leaves behind a grieving spouse and kids. Food allergies send a lot of people to […]
- Walk for Food Allergy: Studio Edition
Today I joined hundreds of people at the CBS Studios in Los Angeles to raise money for Food Allergy Research and Education through the FARE Walk for Food Allergy. We skipped last year and decided to join this year’s event at the last minute. Rather than walking along the shore at Long Beach, this year’s […]
- Teal Pumpkins Go Retail
Cool: Michael’s is selling plastic teal pumpkins for people who plan on offering non-food treats for allergic trick or treaters as part of the Teal Pumpkin Project. You can still paint a pumpkin teal, of course, but this simplifies the setup. (Are we really that close to Halloween already?)
- A Teal Pumpkin for Halloween
The idea behind the Teal Pumpkin Project is to offer alternate Halloween treats that aren’t candy, so that kids with severe food allergies can still go Trick-or-Treating. It started last year in Tennessee, and FARE picked it up and promoted it nationwide this year. When I was a child, I always had to either decline […]
- Walking (and walking, and walking) for Food Allergy
The family went out to raise money for food allergy research, and learned why it’s called Long Beach.
- 2012 Allergy Walk Complete!
This year’s fundraiser moved from Santa Monica to Long Beach. Sunny weather, a shorter course, and booths for support groups, medical groups & allergy-friendly food.
- Allergy Incident on Vacation: That’s Not Sunbutter
The menu had a Sunbutter sandwich, but that’s not what they gave us. Dining out with food allergies requires thinking like Mad-Eye Moody: CONSTANT VIGILANCE
- Spinning the Recall
A food company goes the extra mile to remind you that their product is fantastic, even in the middle of issuing a recall for an allergy-related packaging mix-up.
- 2011 Allergy Walk Complete!
The 4th LA Walk for Food Allergy went well on a gloomy Santa Monica day. We raised $1000 of the $43K, had a Superman/Flash race, and almost lost the car downtown.
- Walk For Food Allergy: Please Help Me Raise Funds for Research & Education
I’ll be walking to raise funds for research and education. Food allergies can be life-threatening, but the causes are still poorly understood, and a lot of people who don’t have allergies either don’t understand or just don’t care about the risks to others.