The Reality of Food Allergy: The Patients' Perspective

Management of Food Allergens

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-25

  Reading, David ^a  

^a Allergy Action and Anaphylaxis Campaign UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy services; Anaphylaxis Campaign membership profile by allergens; Campaign and food alerts; Campaign and programme of support and education; Consumer reaction; Food allergy and effect on schools and playgroups; Food labelling and allergen thresholds; Life threatening allergic reaction to food; National Allergy Strategy Group and All Party Parliamentary Working Group; Reality of food allergy and patients' perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889343326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444309911.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

References (16)

1. Anaphylaxis Campaign (2007) The Anaphylaxis Campaign Standard to Increase Trust in Information about Allergens in Food. The Anaphylaxis Campaign, Farnborough, Hampshire.
2. Avery N., King R., Knight S. and Hourihane J. (2003) Assessment of quality of life in children with peanut allergy. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 14(5), 378.
3. Buchanan A., Green, T., Jones, S. et al. (2007) Egg oral immunotherapy in non-anaphylactic children with egg allergy. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 119(1), 199-205.
4. Committee on Toxicity (1998) Report on Peanut Allergy.Department ofHealth (Government report), London. Available at http://cot.food.gov.uk/cotreports/cotwgreports/cotpeanutallergy, accessed 25 January 2008.
5. FSA (Food Standards Agency) (2002) 'May Contain' Labelling - The Consumer's Perspective. Food Standards Agency, London. Available at http://www.food.gov.uk/foodlabelling/researchandreports/ maycontainsummary, accessed 25 January 2008.
6. FSA (Food Standards Agency) (2006) Guidance on Allergen Management and Consumer Information. Food Standards Agency, London. Available at www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/maycontainguide.pdf, accessed 25 January 2008.
7. FSA (Food Standards Agency) (2008) The Provision of Allergen Information for Foods that Are Not Prepacked. Food Standards Agency, London. Available at http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/ guidancenotes/labelregsguidance/nonprepacked, accessed 25 January 2008.
8. Grundy J., Matthews S., Bateman B. et al. (2002) Rising prevalence of allergy to peanut in children: data from two sequential cohorts. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 110(5), 784-789.
9. House of Commons Health Committee (2004) The Provision of Allergy Services. Sixth Report of Session 2003-2004, Vol. 1. Parliamentary Publication (UK Government), London. Available at http://www. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmhealth/696/69602.htm, accessed 25 January 2008.
10. House of Lords Science and Technology Committee (2007) Allergy. Sixth Report of Session 2006-2007. Parliamentary Publication (UK Government), London. Available at http://www.publications.parliament. uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldsctech/ldsctech.htm, accessed 25 January 2008.
11. Lepp U., Zabel P. and Schocker F. (2002) Playing cards as a carrier for peanut allergens. Allergy, 57(9), 864.
12. Li X., Srivastava K., Grishin A. et al. (2003) Persistent protective effect of heat-killed Escherichia coli producing engineered, recombinant peanut proteins in a murine model of peanut allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 112(1), 159-167.
13. Pumphrey, R.S.H. (2000) Lessons for the management of anaphylaxis from a study of fatal reactions. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 30, 1144-1150.
14. Pumphrey R.S.H. and Gowland M.H. (2007) Further fatal reactions to food in the United Kingdom 1999-2006. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 119, 1018-1019.
15. Royal College of Physicians (2003) Allergy the Unmet Need: A Blueprint for Better Patient Care. RoyalCollege of Physicians, London. Available at www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/allergy/allergy.pdf, accessed 25 January 2008.
16. Vadas P., Gold M., Perelman B. et al. (2008) Platelet-activating factor, PAF acetylhydrolase, and severe anaphylaxis. New England Journal of Medicine, 358(1), 28-35.