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	May 15, 2008 Sample 504 Plans available. E-mail us with your street address and we'll mail you one. Free MedicAlert bracelet for needy individuals through the Food Allergy Initiative and MedicAlert. Click to learn more. United for Lung Health - Advocacy Day 2008, Washington D.C. IFAEA supports the Healthy Schools campaign and the IL Ass. School Nurses for a State School Nurse Consultant. Many states have one. Read more. What a great group of people at Riverdale School!! Their Allergy & Asthma fair was very informative for parents. IFAEA encourages other schools to hold such fairs. We were pleased to participate. NATIONAL FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK. MAY 12-17. Fermenting takes the allergy out of soy according to new study. Malfunctioning immune systems give rise to disease- including food allergies. National Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Management Act has passed the House, has been read in the Senate and is in the committee on Health. Education, Labor and Pensions. Call Sen. Obama and ask him to support it. Health care coverage information. Click on link. U.K. just issued a 56-page guideline for restaurants etc. on how to handle food allergies. Great reference for food service at school. There is a new food allergy support/advocacy group in the Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, area. We are called Food Allergy Network of Bloomington/Normal (FANofBN). The contact person is Marsha Veninga at FANofBN@yahoo.com. Quebec Food Allergy Association released its 2008 edition of its Food Allergy Management Manuel for Restaurants and food Services. NEW PRODUCT: Frio Wallet. Keeps an EpiPen cool when the temp. is on the rise. If you want hb 5338 passed call the sponsor or committee member about it. Click for link to bill and sponsor Rep. Lindner. Alergia a Alimentos National Institute of Health makes food allergy research recommendations. Gurnee Dist. 50 has a new school food allergy policy. Congrats to all who worked hard. It paid off. This is sad but not surprising. October issue of Journ. School Nursing found only 15% of students used FAAN's food allergy action plan. IFAEA thinks it's too big and complicated for ER use but IS the best out there. Let us hear your opinion. E-mail us. Don't let your teenager or young adult be sloppy. Use IFAEA's slogan: Think AAA= Awareness, Avoidance, and Adrenaline to educate them. A 25 year old woman who knew she had a food allergy recently died because she had NO epinephrine with her. Article on CNN.com about food allergies. What's interesting are the over 50 comments to it. Read more. American Academy of Pediatrics updated advice on feeding small children. Dr. Sicherer helped write the guidelines. FDA recalls. Failure to list allergens on labels — or to keep allergens out of foods they're not supposed to be in — accounted for half the Food and Drug Administration's most serious food recalls in fiscal 2007. Last year a bill was introduced in the IL Senate to eliminate school kids from carrying their Epis at school. Sen. Pamela Althoff introduced the bill. Why would anyone take this away from our kids? Let her know how you feel.815-455-6330. Click to read the bill. First Lady Patti Blagojevich announced that all Illinois Schools will get a copy of the School Food Allergy Program from the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. Does your school have it? Food Allergic teens take risks according to a study from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). >> More News & Events Read the most extensive school food allergy policy developed in Wilmette, Illinois. Learn: Schools must give your child a safe substitute food if they get federal money. Download the USDA form and view its Guidelines. View the most definitive school food allergy policy in the country developed for the Massachusett's Department of Education. Think AAA - Awareness, Avoidance and Adrenaline™ Choose a Food Allergy Action Plan for Your Child  •  English  •  Spanish  •  Polish - EpiPen  •  Polish - Twinject (Polish Coming Soon) Action plans reprinted and adapted with permission from The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.  •  New Law: Self-administration of medication - Lets kids carry epinephrine at school.  •  Asthma Inhalers at Recreational Camps Act - Campers can carry epinephrine at summer camps.  •  POCHA (Parents of Children Having Allergies)  •  POCA of DuPage (Parents of Children with Allergies)  •  POCWAW (Parents of Children with Allergies-Wilmette)  •  CIFAN (Central Illinois Food Allergy Network)  •  POCHA of Will County (Parents of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA - Chicago (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA - North (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA Northwest (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  Peoria Food Allergy Parents  •  Stateline FAST (Stateline Food Allergy Support Team) View more resources
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