Five Steps Forward for Food Allergy
FAAN celebrated Food Allergy Awareness Week on Capitol Hill. At an educational briefing on May 13, FAAN unveiled a new advocacy initiative, “Five Steps Forward for Food Allergy,” aimed at improving the lives of Americans with food allergies. The initiative calls for
- passage of legislation promoting guidelines to assure the safety of children in school
- the creation of a national food allergy information center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- the development of guidelines for the diagnosis and management of food allergies
- expanded funding for research on food allergy and anaphylaxis
- regulation to improve precautionary allergen statements on food labels
At the briefing, FAAN was joined by Jackie Clegg Dodd, wife of Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), and Rhonda Adkins, wife of Trace Adkins, as well as Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Rep. Jim Walsh (R-N.Y.), FAAN Junior Ambassador Kyle Ericson, and FAAN’s Medical Director Dr. Hugh Sampson.
Read the full text of the “Five Steps Forward for Food Allergy.”
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