FDA Related Articles...

FDA Article regarding how to reduce food allergy risks

http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/foodallergies012209.pdf or click here for story




Research and Advocacy Groups

Chicago Tribune Article and Study leads to stores and food chains pulling products..

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-allergens_for_webdec20,0,5042034.story?page=1

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Article from FAAN discussing Food Allergies on the Rise...

http://www.foodallergy.org/featuredtopic.html

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Update from The Food Allergy Project AND the Food Allergy Initiative...

Dear Friends of the Food Allergy Project,

We are thrilled to announce an exciting development in our efforts to find a cure for life-threatening food allergies and help the millions of children and adults afflicted by this disease. The Food Allergy Project is merging with the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) to create a combined entity that will represent the largest source of funding for food allergy research and will serve as a voice for millions of families to call on our nation’s leaders and private donors to collaborate in search of a cure.

We founded The Food Allergy Project in 2006 after privately supporting research and education efforts for a number of years. We created The Food Allergy Project after recognizing that the federal government simply did not understand the magnitude of this growing childhood disease. We believed that in addition to supporting research directly, we also needed to give families a voice and a way to make our nation’s decision-makers stand up and take notice. We are proud of what we have accomplished over the last three years. In 2009, for the first time, the Department of Defense will begin a $2.5 million scientific research program dedicated to finding a cure for food allergies. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued its first report on food allergy prevalence last year and has now added food allergies to the important public health issues that it tracks for the country. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has produced an Expert Panel report detailing the steps that must be taken in search of a cure, and key NIH leaders have acknowledged a need for greater resources in this area. We still have a long way to go – and until our children have a cure we will keep fighting – but we are proud of The Food Allergy Project’s accomplishments to date.

Our merger with the Food Allergy Initiative represents the joining together of like-minded parents, advocates and researchers who are committed to finding a cure for life-threatening food allergies. Our children deserve the right to reach their full potential, and we are thrilled to merge our organization with FAI to bring hope for a cure to millions of children. After partnering with FAI on a number of research and advocacy efforts, we decided that we could drive even greater awareness and resources to the disease by formally joining forces. The new organization will use the FAI name and will focus on directly supporting basic research, as well as advocating for greater federal attention to the problem.

A press release announcing the merger was issued to national media today and you can view it here. We urge you to visit the FAI website www.faiusa.org, which was recently re-launched with updated content. We will soon be adding new tools to help families and others impacted by food allergies to advocate for a cure, so stay tuned.

We are grateful for the support you have given The Food Allergy Project and we will continue to fight for all of our children through FAI.

Thank you,
Denise & David Bunning