Back inside this week, and I’m covering food allergy and anaphylaxis food labeling with may contains. I explain that with “may contains” on the food packaging it means that there is a real risk of cross contamination, and that it’s very much a personal comfort zone as to the level of risk you are prepared to take with your food consumption.I also mention about the rise of ambulance call outs in Victoria, Australia alone rose by 52% over the last 5 years directly due to asthma and anaphylaxis. This says to me a higher level of education in the school community of identification of these conditions.
Thanks go out to Fiona Skepton from Brisbane for sending me some awesome material last week alerting me to the local newspaper scene here doing major coverage of food allergies and anaphylaxis. If you have anything food allergy related, send it through to me and I’ll cover it on the show to share it with everyone.
Finally after many printing issues, our first childrens book is in the middle of being printed. Jessies Favorite Things (even with food allergies) and Jacks Favorite Things (even with food allergies) will be released very soon. Written for children with food allergies and anaphylaxis between 0 - 6 years old. You’ll be able to get them from your local anaphylaxis support groups, and of course from the website here.
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Outside broadcast this weekend while we are on holidays at Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. It was a good time to mention about going on holidays with anaphylaxis. Basically 2 points. We look for holiday destinations that are within 15 minutes of a hospital and only stay at places that have in room facilities to allow you to prepare your own food. We also stay were we are close to large shopping centers where we know they stock the foods that we have found are safe for us.
This means we restrict ourselves from going certain places and doing certain things, but we feel much safer this way, covering all our bases. I’m sure others beg to differ, so please leave us a comment with your thoughts below. Share your holiday stories.
Next week as I promised last week, and thanks to Sarah’s comments from episode #9, I’m going to cover “may contains”
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PS We’ve had major issues with the publishing of our 1st children’s book. I’ll be able to set a launch date this week for sure, and I’ve got a nice bonus on offer to those that want to get their hands on the book.
Happy anaphylaxis free easter to everyone. In this episode I want to show you what the easter bunny left at our house this year. You can see that having anaphylaxis in the household certainly doesn’t need to stop the easter bunny from visiting with lots of nice treats and gifts.
Thanks go out to Fiona Skepton from Brisbane for sending me some awesome material last week alerting me to the local newspaper scene here doing major coverage of food allergies and anaphylaxis. If you have anything food allergy related, send it through to me and I’ll cover it on the show to share it with everyone.