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May 5, 2010
The Many Faces of Food Allergies
Do you have a special babysitter, teacher, or family member who goes above and beyond to keep your child safe?
With Mother's Day and Food Allergy Awareness Week just around the corner, I'd like to invite you to honor all the special persons in your life by making a donation to Kids With Food Allergies.
When you make your gift, we will send the person you honor a personalized food allergy awareness greeting card, notifying her— or him— of your thoughtful gift.
When we provide emotional and social support, education and food/cooking help to families, we give parents the confidence and tools they need to keep their children happy, safe and well-nourished. At Kids With Food Allergies, we're working to create a better quality of life for children and their families. Your gift makes our work possible.
If you donate now, you can help us improve lives for children with food allergies and their families- what better gift could you give?
Warm regards,
Lynda Mitchell
President
P.S. Please continue reading to find important information about the allergy medication recalls in our news section below.
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Food Allergy Resource Center
Each month, KFA provides new or updated food allergy articles to educate families, caregivers and the public about different topics regarding food allergies. Premium resources are available to KFA Family Members only.
Available to the Public
The free resource below is available to all website visitors:
NEW! Have You Seen These New Allergy-Friendly Foods?
In this second edition for 2010, KFA brings you 17 of the latest foods to enter the market for the food-allergic consumer. New foods include a new dairy and soy-free cheese that melts, peanut-free sunflower cups, sorbet squeezups and a new line of gluten-free flours.
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Special Features for KFA Family Members
Family members will need to log in to access Support Net™. Associate Members can upgrade their membership to a Family Membership in order to view this magazine.
NEW! Support Net™ Spring/Summer 2010
- Ties That Bind— The emotions that affect parents of food-allergic children and tools for coping with them.
- Social Security— How to keep your food-allergic child from feeling left out.
- KFA's Rising Star— Meet Megan, age 3, whose active imagination helps her rise above her food allergies.
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A Message from Our Sponsor
 Warning: Liquid Benadryl, Zyrtec, Tylenol and Motrin Have Been Recalled
McNeil Consumer Healthcare has initiated a voluntary recall of certain OTC infants' and children's products that include liquid Benadryl, Zyrtec, Tylenol and Motrin. The following articles feature the latest information about these recalls:
McNeil: Product and Lot Information for Recalled Products
McNeil: Refund Information
McNeil Statement Regarding FDA Inspection Report (May 4)
FDA: Questions and Answers on Voluntary Recall of Liquid Benadryl, Zyrtec, Tylenol and Motrin
FDA: What Consumers Need to Know About the Recall of Liquid Products for Children
(May 4)
Risks Associated with Products Containing Milk Advisory Labeling
"Of products bearing milk advisory statements, detectable milk residues were found in 60.7% of products with 'may contain' labels compared with 33.3% of products with 'shared equipment' labels and 28.6% of products with 'shared facility' labels and in 50% of other uniquely labeled products."
Boy Saves Mother's Life
"A fast-thinking 10-year-old boy, who had the presence of mind to call 911 and then jab his mother with an EpiPen when she passed out due to a severe allergic reaction, is credited with saving her life."
NIAID: Food Allergy Awareness Week May 9-15
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that food allergy affects nearly 4 percent of adults and teens and 5 percent of children under the age of 6 years. A recent report by the CDC indicates that the number of people diagnosed with food allergy increased by 18 percent over the last decade, and this highlights the need to help those affected by this disease."
KFA: Kids With Food Allergies? Now Families Can Get Support for Free
" When their children are diagnosed with food allergies - as more than 3 million children across the country have been - parents can feel alone, overwhelmed and confused. Now families can connect online with other families to learn how to make their lives easier and their children's lives better. Just in time for Food Allergy Awareness Week, national nonprofit charity Kids With Food Allergies (KFA) has opened its popular online support community to all."
Visit KFA's Allergy Buyer's Guide to find foods and products that cater to the food-allergic consumer. Please let our sponsors know that you found them through KFA!
Click on the banner to shop on Lucy's.
Surf Sweets
Surf Sweets has launched snack-sized packs of its Gummy Bears and its new Sour Berry Bears to its line of delicious, fruit juice-infused, all-natural, organic gummy candies and jelly beans. Free of corn syrup, artificial dyes, gluten and produced in a facility free of the 10 most common allergens. www.surfsweets.com
Bready® Home Baking Robot
Introducing Bready®, the first and only baking robot. No mixing, no mess, no scavenger hunt for ingredients, no contamination and no more "bricks" that taste like cardboard. It's not a bread machine...it's a fully automatic gluten-free bakery. See our demo video: www.mybready.com
HomeFree
Want to serve treats that are great tasting, allergy friendly and are wholesome? HomeFree award-winning allergy friendly cookies and coffeecakes are certified whole grain, kosher pareve and organic! Find them online and at stores, including Shaw's and many Whole Foods. www.homefreetreats.com
World Wise Grains
World Wise Grains is proud to introduce Arzu, a staple for the gluten-free/allergy-free pantry. In minutes have gluten-free, allergy-free hot cereal ready to start your day in a healthy way. See recipes and learn more at www.worldwisegrains.com
Sign up for a free Associate Membership to participate on our online support group forums.
Daiya Cheese Shreds Rock! (Main Forum)
Read reviews from other parents on this new dairy and soy-free cheese that is also featured in our latest Allergy-Friendly Foods Report.
Non-Egg Alternative For "Egg Drop" Experiment (Parents of School-Age Kids Forum)
" The teacher and I are trying to think of a way to do the "egg drop" experiment (where the kids build various contraptions to hold a raw egg, then drop them from high heights to see if the eggs crack) but without using actual eggs, since both my kids are allergic. Any ideas of what could be fragile like an egg that we could cushion and drop?"
How have you handled experiments that use food in school? Share your advice and experience with others.
Food Alerts! Have you checked the Allergy Recall Alerts section at KFA recently? The following foods were recently recalled:
U.S. Allergy Recalls
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The Murphy House Brunswick Stew Product (undeclared wheat and milk)
- Humei Trading Inc. Dried Pachyrhizus (undeclared sulfites)
- Northern Food I/E Havista White Fungus (undeclared sulfites)
Canadian Allergy Recalls
- Cusine Bernart Cabbage Rolls (undeclared soy)
Project Manager: Lynda Mitchell
Editor: Melanie Carver
Proofreaders: Jennifer Blanford, Melanie Croft, Elyse Hahne, Laura Healy, Beth Puliti, Cristi Schwamb
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