Food Allergy Recalls (3)
This product has been distributed in Ontario and Quebec but may have been distributed nationally and is known to be sold through the internet.
ALLERGY ALERT – UNDECLARED PEANUT AND ALMOND PROTEINS
IN CAFÉ TASSE NOIR PRALINÉ CHOCOLATE BAR
OTTAWA, November 23, 2006-The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people with allergies to peanut or almond proteins not to consume the Café Tasse Noir Praliné chocolate bar described below. The affected product may contain peanut and almond proteins, which are not declared on the label.
Café Tasse Noir Praliné, product of Belgium, is sold as a 45 g bar bearing UPC 5 400219 505306. Only the lot code L05201329; ED: 30/05/07 is affected by this alert. This product has been distributed in Ontario and Quebec but may have been distributed nationally and is known to be sold through the internet.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
Consumption of this product may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction in persons with allergies to peanut or almond proteins.
The importer is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on peanuts and tree nuts (almonds), two of the nine most common food allergens, visit the Food Allergens web page at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/allerg/allerge.shtml
For information on receiving recalls by e-mail, or for other food safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca
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Media enquiries:
Fred Jamieson (English)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Office of Food Safety and Recall
613-760-4376
Jean-Louis Michaud (French)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Operations Coordination – Quebec Area
1-866-806-4115
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ALLERGY ALERT – UNDECLARED ALMOND IN SCHÄR BRAND SNACK – GLUTEN FREE CHOCOLATE WAFERS WITH HAZELNUTS
OTTAWA, November 24, 2006-The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people with allergies to almond protein not to consume the Schär brand Snack – gluten free chocolate wafers with hazelnuts described below. The affected product may contain almond protein which is not declared on the label.
The Schär brand Snack – gluten free chocolate wafers with hazelnuts, a product of Italy, is sold in a 105 g package bearing UPC 8 008698 005286 on the back panel. On some packages, the UPC on the back panel may be covered up with a sticker. These packages have a white sticker on the front panel which bears a different UPC 8 00869 80528 6. Both the UPC are affected. The package contains three individually wrapped 35 g Snack bars. Only the Best before date 21 06 07, lot code L161721 is affected by this alert. This product has been distributed nationally.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
Consumption of this product may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction in persons with allergies to almond protein.
The importer is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on tree nuts (almonds), one of the nine most common food allergens, visit the Food Allergens web page at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/allerg/allerge.shtml
For information on receiving recalls by e-mail, or for other food safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca
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Media enquiries:
Shashi Kulkarni (English)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Office of Food Safety and Recall
613-368-1622
Jean-Louis Michaud (French)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Operations Coordination – Quebec Area
1-866-806-4115
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HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – ATHENA DONAIR DISTRIBUTORS LTD. DONAIR CONES MAY CONTAIN E. coli 0157:H7 BACTERIA
OTTAWA, November 24, 2006 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Athena Donair Distributors Ltd. are warning donair establishments and restaurants in Alberta not to use or sell Athena Donair Distributors Ltd. donair cones described below because the product may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria.
The affected product is Athena Donair Distributors Ltd., Raw Donair Beef Loaf Cones, sold frozen in cases, containing two 9 kg. donair cones, bearing the UPC 7 75151 88802 8 and the batch number 144. This product may have been sold directly from Athena Donair Distributors Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta.
There have been several reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
Food contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with this bacteria may cause serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses. Symptoms include severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Some people may have seizures or strokes and some may need blood transfusions and kidney dialysis. Others may live with permanent kidney damage. In severe cases of illness, people may die.
The manufacturer is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on E. coli O157:H7, visit the Food Facts web page at
http://www.inspection.gc.ca./english/fssa/concen/causee.shtml
For information on receiving recalls by e-mail, or for other food safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca
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Media enquiries:
Fred Jamieson (English)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Office of Food Safety and Recall
613-760-4376
Jean-Louis Michaud (French)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Operations Coordination – Quebec Area
1-866-806-4115
Great email list for moms of allergic kids
Check out the cute recipes in the last email newsletter. Thanks to Gina for letting me know she’s out there.
Girl turned away from hospital three times for being allergic to latex
Allergy girl turned away for third time by hospital
Nov 24 2006
By Joshua Layton joshualayton@croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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PARENTS of a girl with a rare latex allergy are considering whether to take legal action after she was again refused treatment at Mayday Hospital. Stephen and Janet Wood’s disabled daughter Joanna, 14, has now been turned away from Mayday’s A&E department three times. Hospital bosses claim her medical needs mean she cannot be treated on an open ward, so if a cubicle is not available the family has to make a six-mile trip to St George’s, in Tooting. Mr Wood, 46, a Home Office worker, said: “On the past three occasions when we’ve gone to Mayday they’ve said they haven’t got a cubicle, or a nurse to go in the cubicle. “But a latex allergy is similar to a nut allergy and is not that hard to manage. “St George’s doesn’t have this policy and I don’t know of any other hospital that does. It’s discrimination against Jo.” Jo developed a neurological condition called hydrocephalus as a baby and was left severely brain damaged after she suffered a seizure at the age of three. She was diagnosed with the latex allergy, which could trigger a potentially fatal allergic reaction, when she was four. It means Jo, who attends Rutherford School, in South Croydon, has to go to hospital for minor conditions as a precaution. Mrs Wood, 42, a care worker, said: “We are doing our best to cope, but this is making it so much harder. “What we want is for Mayday to change its policy, and we are considering legal action.” The last time Jo was turned away was on November 13. She was sent to St George’s to be treated for a chest infection. The couple,of Horton Way, Shirley, have made an official complaint to Mayday, which is investigating the matter. A hospital spokeswoman, referring to the November 13 incident, said: “Because of Joanna’s complex medical needs, which include a latex allergy, our current guidance states she should be treated in a cubicle,but unfortunately at that time none was available on the ward. “To ensure her safety, a decision was made to transfer her to a children’s ward at St George’s and she was taken there by an ambulance accompanied by a nurse. “We appreciate that it is much easier for the family if Joanna can be treated locally. “We have apologised for any dis-tress the incident caused her and her family while trying to ensure she gets the best possible care. The spokeswoman added that, as a district general hospital, Mayday sometimes had to transfer patients to other hospitals where they could be given more specialist care. |
Allergy News – Asthma, GMOs, Peanut Allergy, my EYE!
This episode’s topics:
- Listen here, or choose to get automatic updates through the mp3 player of your choice
- asthma update (albuterol, inspirease, advair, nebulizer, cats on the property, chronic bronchitis)
- Poison Ivy drops for under the tongue (it IS sublingual, I’m not crazy after all!)
- asthma screenings in schools
- Please do not email me about your lice stories.
(Apologies to the lice-having community.) - AllergyTranslation.com helps with your overseas trips – now you can travel with confidence, despite your allergies!
- Kyle’s Food Allergy Links blog
- GMOs, Genetically Engineered foods cause food allergies? Why does the FDA do nothing? Kraft is going NO-GMO in China
- When was the last time you heard someone say “informaton superhighway” with sincerity?
- Tobacco companies linked to GMO-producing companies?
- Is it socially acceptable to be a thoughtless consumer in the US?
- Why can’t we label for GMOs like we do for food allergies?
- Allergy to sex can be cured. (Some women are allergic to semen.)
- Christmas trees can trigger allergic response
- Allergy syrup poisoned
- Leslea offends the lice-having community as her IQ drops 60 points
- Treat next year’s allergy symptoms now (avoid getting sick!)
- Are your eyes irritated? It might be peanut allergy! Yes, really!
- music this time from the podsafe music network, as usual: dream traveler (kcsalto), Kraft Singles (In Need of Sympathy), Can’t Breathe (Keith Varon), Liberty Jones (The Shakes), soapbox (sevensidedstar) , Canon in D by Pachelbel performed by Mario Ajero
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- Winner of the goodie giveaway announced! Congrats, and get in touch!
- Your emails and comments: tips and reports about dealing with Halloween.
- Coming soon to allergyware.com: BreathXchange. Please contact me at allergyware@gmail.com if you’d like one of these. I will put up links to the shopping cart ASAP. Please buy from me and support the podcast & this site!
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- The top-ten best-selling allergyware.com products of all time:
- Do Not Feed This Child (by a landslide)
- Nut Free Zone
- Don’t Feed The Animal
- Contents: One Really Cute Kid
- Warning: This Shirt May Contain One Incredibly Precious Child
- What are you trying to do? Kill me? (Asthma shirt)
- I Love My Kid
- No Child Lost to Food Allergies
- Peanut Free Zone
- Peanut Allergy Awareness
- A contest for the kids out there!
- Who uses a 504 plan? Is someone at your school responsible for that?
- allergyhope.com
- Tootsie Rolls are free of several allergens (but do contain milk), other updates from Karen Blue at the Milk Allergy site
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That is one big prize-winning cabbage!
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Hooray, I have internet here. I’ll record the podcast ASAP and announce the winner of the goodie giveaway!!!
Stay tuned.
Also, allergyware.com is back up! Thank you, webhost! When I get the long-term sponsorship I seek, I will be moving both this blog and my allergy alert gear website to a different server, with no down time…ever. 
milk alert
MILK ALLERGY ALERT
November 13, 2006
Wilkins-Rogers, Inc. is recalling its 2-lb. “Washington Seafood Breader”
due to undeclared milk.
The product was distributed through retail outlets in Delaware, Maine,
Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and
Virginia.
The “Washington Seafood Breader” is packed in 2-lb. poly bags and includes
all use by dates from JAN 1707 to NOV0307.
Consumers who have purchased the product should return it to the place of
purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the
company at (800) 735-3585 ext 260.
Since my webhost is evidently struggling…
Here’s a post that lists all my cafepress stores, for all your allergy alert gear needs.
Hopefully they’re just doing some server maintenance or something…grrr….
