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March 23, 2011
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The Latest Updates About Food Allergy Research
We're back from this year's annual meeting for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. We shared information about KFA, our community and our mission with hundreds of allergists from around the country. We also distributed patient education materials, including hundreds of copies of our popular Practical Food Allergy Management Quick Guide.
This year's meeting included a lot of food allergy research and we are sharing highlights with you in this issue of eNews.
KFA's team in San Francisco, CA at AAAAI's annual meeting.
NEW! Business Advisory Board
We're forming a Business Advisory Board to provide an opportunity for business persons and professionals to make individualized commitments to support KFA without excessive time commitments. Each advisory board member's role is to advise, promote or contribute their expertise to further the mission of KFA, appropriate to their area of expertise. This is also an opportunity to get to know KFA better as an organization for anyone who may like to get involved at a deeper level at some point in the future. If you are interested, please contact Lynda Mitchell.
COMING SOON! Next Issues of KFA eNews
• New Allergy-Friendly Foods for Kids (Spring Report)
We are back from ExpoWest, a trade show for the Natural Food Products Industry, and have lots of new foods to share with you soon!
• Egg Allergy, Influenza Vaccines and Vaccine Ingredients
New from our Medical Advisory Team: We'll be sharing our updated vaccine ingredients lists and a new article about the changing recommendations for those with egg allergy regarding the flu vaccine. Look for it in the next issue.
 Celebrating Passover with Food Allergies
This booklet contains tips and ideas to help you safely celebrate Passover with food-allergic children, including: preparing for the Seder, activities for the Seder, allergy-friendly Passover recipes and Passover resources.
What does Kosher for Passover mean for food allergies?
FAAN Conferences
The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network is offering three educational conferences this year: Baltimore on April 2, Oak Brook, IL on April 16, and Anaheim, CA on June 11. Registration is ongoing for all three conferences. For details, or to register, visit FAAN's website.
Sign up for an Associate Membership (no fee) to participate on our online support group forums.
Snacks for the Team?
"My son will be starting soccer soon. The parents are going to be taking turns to bring snacks after each game. Just wondering what the best plan for this would be?"
Bread Without Wheat, Egg and Dairy
"Does anyone know of a good brand of bread without wheat, egg and dairy for a 1 year-old? All of the ones I have tried have been on the harder side."
I'm Afraid to Feed My 11 Month-Old (Never Been Tested for Allergies)
Once you have an allergic child, it is hard not to fear food allergies in your youngest. Parents share tips about dealing with the fear of food introductions.
Outgrowing Milk Allergy May Take Longer Than Expected
"Children may not be outgrowing their allergy to milk as quickly as experts previously have believed."
Severe Eczema Linked to Lingering Milk, Egg Allergies
"Children with more severe cases of the skin condition known as eczema are less likely than others to outgrow their milk or egg allergy, the results of a new study suggest."
AAAAI: Oral Treatment Best for Milk Allergy
"Immunotherapy for kids' milk allergy may be far more effective with oral rather than sublingual dosing -- although at the cost of more severe adverse events, researchers found in the first head-to-head comparison of therapy."
Oral Immunotherapy Not Ready for the Office Setting
"Immunotherapy may hold the edge for treating children's food allergies but it isn't ready for prime time yet."
Cookies Help Kids Beat Milk Allergy
"Kids who can't tolerate milk but can pass the "muffin test" without symptoms may outgrow their allergy faster if they raid the cookie jar on a regular basis to keep baked dairy in their diet, researchers found."
"Despite the apparent safety of this approach, Sampson and other leading allergists have warned families not to try baked-milk food challenges at home."
How To Teach Your Older Kids About Their Food Allergies
Lynda Mitchell and other food allergy experts share their tips on how to teach your child how to safely negotiate a world filled with harmful allergens and help your child build a sense of responsibility and empowerment.
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!
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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Kashi: Southwest Style Chicken entrees (undeclared egg)
- Faribault Foods, Inc.: Field Day Organic Garbanzo Beans (undeclared wheat, milk, soy, and egg)
- Monogram Meat Snacks, LLC: Hannah's Honey Cured Turkey Sticks (undeclared wheat)
- Old World Meats: Beef Sticks (undeclared wheat, soy, and milk)
Canadian Allergy Recalls
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Horyl's: Superior Sausage (undeclared milk)
- Raw Organic: Food Bars Chocolatey Chocolate Chip (undeclared peanut)
- Sobey's Inc.: Compliments Sensations Uncooked Butterfly Breaded Shrimp (undeclared coconut)
- Transhing Investment Inc.: Sriracha Chili Sauce (undeclared sulfites)
- Thrifty Foods: Greek Jumbo Olives Stuffed w/ Garlic (undeclared treenuts)
- Sea-Ray Seafood Inc.: Lightly Breaded and Seasoned Calamari (undeclared peanut)
- Quality Natural Foods: Haldiram's Cham Cham (undeclared sulfites)
Project Manager: Lynda Mitchell
Editor: Melanie Carver
Proofreaders: Jennifer Blanford, Melanie Croft, Elyse Hahne, Laura Healy, Kathryn Hankins, Cristi Schwamb
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