Food Standards Agency

“Company will, of course, consider and take the necessary steps to implement the same with a view to ensuring its ongoing compliance with the”

“The FSA has started work on a project designed to collect more reported data on food-based allergic reactions that do not result in death. Work on this project is progressing despite some disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently undertaking discovery work with people with allergies to understand the type of information they could provide and the data that the FSA could receive on allergic reactions. This will enable us to assess expectations and the perceived usefulness of such”

“the AAI EWG recommended in principle that AAIs should be made available in public locations for use to treat anaphylaxis in unforeseen, critical circumstances, provided suitable safeguards can be implemented to ensure effective and safe use of the AAIs.”

“The BSACTI believes that there is a need for 2 distinct registries. The first is a national register for all anaphylactic reactions, that can be contributed to by any health care professional and would provide invaluable data on emerging patterns of reactions and their circumstances and effectively operate as an early warning signal for new risks and highlight specific situations where risk is higher so that they can be actively mitigated. Such a registry already exists in Europe and the Food St”

“The FSA will be hosting an Allergy Symposium in”

“In March, we will be meeting with representatives from other government departments (including the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England) and organisations involved in food allergy to discuss how we can better tackle the issue.”

“Our revised anaphylaxis draft protocol includes a referral form to inform Trading Standards of cases of anaphylactic reaction as a result of consuming food from commercial premises.”