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... maternal intake of peanuts may help protect against peanut allergy in children, according to new research in mice ... the study, published in food research international, assessed whether maternal feeding of peanuts protects against peanut allergy in offspring, and tested if the use of a mucosal adjuvant (an immune boosting agent that can amplify the effect of other compounds) alongside peanuts boosts allergic responses and brings about greater tolerance ... “our study demonstrated that maternal feeding of peanuts alone had a protective effect against peanut sensitization of the progeny, which was enhanced by co-administration of a mucosal adjuvant,” said the authors, led by iván lópez-expósito they added that maternal transmission of these peanut-specific antibodies through breast milk “may be, at least in part, responsible for this protection ... ” “ultimately, such approach could potentially alter the trend of increasing prevalence of peanut allergy in childhood,” said lópez-expósito and colleagues ... peanut allergy the prevalence of childhood peanut allergy has is a growing problem, and with peanut allergy potentially fatal for some, food manufacturers are already bound by tight regulations to highlight possible allergens in a food product, such as the eu’s labelling directive 2000/13/ec ... unlike most food allergies, which appear in children but resolve with age, peanut allergy generally persists into adulthood, and can reappear in individuals who appear to have become peanut tolerant ... “this increase has been speculated to be due to either early introduction of peanut to the immature immune system, or delayed dietary introduction of peanut,” said the authors lópez-expósito and colleagues noted that the environment in the womb has a strong influence a child’s immune system, thus backing up the suggestions that early and exposure in the womb to allergens may have an effect on childhood allergies

... this makes the product a possible health risk for anyone with a peanut allergy ... the agency has issued an allergy alert ... if you have a peanut allergy you are advised not to eat the product ... product details the withdrawn product is: product name: nakd cashew cookie barbest before: 2 march 2011 the company has withdrawn all the affected stock from sale and has contacted the relevant allergy support organisations, which will tell their members of the withdrawal ... allergy alerts sometimes there will be a problem with a food product that means it should not be sold ... sometimes foods have to be withdrawn or recalled if there is a risk to consumers because the allergy labelling is missing or incorrect or if there is any other food allergy risk ... in such situations the agency will issue an allergy alert ... it is also possible to subscribe to an email alert system to receive automatic messages whenever allergy alerts are issued ... you can get details of all the latest allergy alerts as soon as they're issued by getting the details sent as a sms text message direct to your mobile phone ... to sign up to this free service, simply send the text message 'start allergy' to the number 62372 ... to unsubscribe, just text 'stop allergy' to the same number

... desensitising those with peanut allergies is still not a viable treatment – although it could be in the future, according to a new paper published in the journal of allergy and clinical immunology ... peanut allergy affects about one per cent of the population in westernized countries, the authors wrote, and previous studies have shown that the prevalence of peanut allergy, which can be fatal, has doubled in the uk and us over the past decade ... due to very limited therapeutic options – peanut avoidance is currently the only way to prevent a reaction, but even tiny amounts can trigger a response – there is a need for alternatives ... peanut oral immunotherapy (oit) – in which patients are given tiny amounts of ground peanuts at a gradually increasing dose – has been shown to raise the tolerance threshold for allergic reactions ... many researchers and allergy sufferers have been holding out hope that the therapy could eventually help them avoid reactions due to accidental exposure

... “fortunately this particular situation did not have a tragic outcome but the danger of peanut allergy to sufferers cannot be underestimated,” minister whan said ... “a person with a severe peanut allergy who comes into contact with peanuts can go into immediate anaphylactic shock which can result in death ... in this case the chinese language label had been plastered over with an english label that made no declaration of the peanut content ... a different batch of the same product was also described as being ‘100 per cent sesame’ in the english label alongside the chinese script that made reference to the peanut content ... peanut allergy is among the top eight food allergies that account for around 90 per cent of all allergic reactions to food

... dr raymond mullins, president of the australasian society of clinical immunology and allergy (ascia), warned that food allergy in children was dramatically on the rise, and that australia would need to be ready ... “australian hospitalisation rates due to food allergy have increased dramatically in the last decade, with recent evidence that peanut allergy has significantly increased in australia, as it has in other developed countries,” dr mullins said ... according to dr mullins, as many as 15000 children born each year in australia - up to six percent - will develop an anaphylactic food allergy before the age of five

... a new trial into ways to counter peanut allergies to going ahead in the uk, following a successful pilot ... researchers from addenbrookes hospital in cambridge previously concluded that the tolerance of some peanut allergy sufferers could be built up over time, to cope with up to five nuts without ill effect or anaphylaxis ... the children will be given daily doses of peanut flour starting from 1mg in yoghurt ... the researchers have warned that peanut allergy sufferers and parents should not attempt to build up tolerance at home

... the company said that the consumers who suffer from milk/peanut allergy should not consume this product

... according to the company, people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products ... for consumers who do not suffer from a peanut allergy or sensitivity, this product is safe to eat

... use of a common symbol to indicate the presence of individual allergens in food and personal care products could help allergy sufferers identify products to avoid – especially in multi-lingual communities, say specialists from imperial college ... incidence of allergy has been increasing ... 8 per cent of children now have peanut allergy; in the us, 8 per cent of children and 4 per cent of adults have a food allergy ... the allergy specialists from the uk suggested the development of a common symbol after conducting a survey amongst patients of children with nut allergies about how allergen wording affected their buying decisions ... eighty per cent of respondents said they would not buy a product labelled ‘not suitable for nut allergy sufferers’ or ‘may contain nuts’ ... the uk’s food standards agency has developed guidelines for food firms to present allergy information in the most straightforward, non-confusing way ... some animal research has indicated that using peanut oil containing products on inflamed or broken skin could increase the risk of them developing a sensitivity to eating peanuts – even if they were tolerant to them before ... such products are not included under european food allergy regulations, “and therefore remain an unknown menace,” the specialists wrote ... source pediatric allergy and immunology 2009: 20: 500-504 doi: 10 ... 00796/x parents’ attitudes when purchasing products for children with nut allergy: a uk perspective authors: noimark l, gardner j, warner j

... the number of people who are allergic to fruit and vegetables is soaring and could already surpass the number of people suffering from peanut allergies, according to experts ... the charity allergy uk told foodnavigator ... com that they are seeing more cases of oral allergy syndrome (oas), which is an allergic reaction to food limited to the lips, mouth and throat ... meanwhile recent figures show peanut allergies affects one in 50 young people in the uk ... this means that oas is likely to be more prevalent than peanut allergies, which are far less common, according to allergy uk spokeswoman lindsey mcmanus ... com: “it may well be that because the incidence of hay fever is very high, it (oas) is probably going to be higher than peanut allergies ... fruit and veg allergy epidemic meanwhile other british allergy specialists have reported a rise in cases of oas, particularly among children ... dr pamela ewan, an allergy consultant at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge, told the bbc news website: "we have seen a big rise in the number of cases in the past four to five years ... "it is a bit like the peanut allergy was the epidemic of the 1990s ... "in terms of numbers, fruit and vegetables are the new form of peanut allergy