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Your Editor: Denise Saylor

Vol. 1 - Issue 4 August 3, 2001

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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Allergy recalls
2. Food labeling
3. Top 100 health sites
4. Excercise induced allergies
5. Reduce household pet allergens
6.Apples Pears and lungs
7. Multichemical sensitivity
8. What do you work with?
1. Allergy recalls

Muszelki Chocolate Filled Candy Walnut Flavor Recalled
Reason: Undeclared peanuts.
Distribution: CA, CT, MA, MD, WA, NY, NJ and PA.
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Del Rio Processing Company Recalls Colored Tortillas
Reason: Undeclared color additives.
Distribution: Seattle, WA.
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Allergy Alert: West Farm Foods Recalls Certain Packages of
Darigold 'Totally Chocolate' Flavor Ice Cream
Reason: Undeclared walnuts.
Distribution: WA, OR, ID, and CA.
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Allergy Alert: Newfoods Brand Macapuno Strings and Newfoods
Brand Sweet Sugar Palm Recalled
Reason: Undeclared sulfites.Distribution: Eastern United
States.
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Allergy Alert: Mon Chong Loong Trading Corp. Recalls Chinese
Herb Soup
Reason: Undeclared sulfites.
Distribution: New York metropolitan area.
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Allergy Alert: Infant Formula Sample Packs Recalled
Reason: Undeclared ingredients, infants allergic to milk
protein are at risk of serious or life threatening
allergic reaction if they consume the product.
Distribution: CO, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, OK, TN, and TX.
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2.Food labeling

--=| FOOD ALLERGY & ANAPHYLAXIS NETWORK SPECIAL FOOD ALLERGY
ALERT NOTICE

July 26, 2001

The FDA will hold a public meeting on the labeling of food
Products containing allergens. The purpose of the meeting
is to stimulate discussion and to obtain information to
help FDA determine what additional actions may be necessary
to provide consumers with adequate information on product
labels. The meeting will focus on: Source or plain English
labeling;advisory labeling (e.g., "May contain [name of
food allergen]"); and labeling of ingredients exempted
from declaration (common or usual names of flavorings,
spices, and colors; incidental additives).

The public meeting will be held on August 13, 2001, from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cohen Building, 330 Independence
Ave. SW, Washington, DC. Attendees must preregister by
August 6. For more information and to preregister, call
202-205-3587 or visit the FDA website at
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/cf0146.pdf.

If you cannot attend, you can submit your comments/concerns
to Dockets Management Branch, HFA-305 FDA, 5630 Fishers
Ln., Room 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Note Docket
OOP-1322 on the envelope. Please send a copy of your
letter to FAAN.

3. Top 100 health sites

http://www.100.com/Top/Health

1. I have seen hundreds of people start a daily
breathing routine and lose weight.
Just be mindful of WHICH breathing exercise(s).
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4.Exercise induced allergies

Here is a part of an article cut from my hometown
newspaper. Exercise induced allergies may need to
be taken in to consideration. Symptoms may include
hives, itching or skin redness. It can start
within a few minutes of exercising and could last
up to an hour or two after exercising. The allergy
is likely triggered by a rise in the body tempeture.
There are two common types of exercise induced allergic
reactions. Chrolinergic urticaria (hives) usually appear
on the neck, chest and arms. Exercise induced
Anaphylaxis can include fatigue, redness, severe itching,
and hives. Some cases involve throat swelling. some of
Using an antihistamine can control these cases
before exercising.
This article was put out by Dr. Allan Breedlove. In
Ponca City Oklahoma. His 1800 number is 18003837546
and his email address is dermrefmd@...

5.Ways to reduce household pet allergens.

This also was an article in my hometown newspaper.
Here are some tips to lower the allergens you are
exposed to in your home.
1.Wash hands after handling the pets.
2.Restrict your pets to certain rooms preferably not
the bedroom.
3. Use allergen resistant covers on your mattress and
pillows.
4.Wash the sheets weekly in water with a tempeture of
130 degrees.
5.Reduce the amount of carpet in your house.
6. Avoid dust and dander catching furnishings. ex:
cloth curtains or blinds. or at least wash them
frequently.
7. If you have pets who have a favorite place to
sleep on your furniture cover it with a removable
cover so it can be washed.
8. Use vacuums that are hepas or have at least
allergen bags in them.
9. Use air purification or hepa filters to eliminate
odors and reduce allergens.
10.Have a non-allergic person bathe the pets weekly.
11. Keep house well ventilated.

6. Apples,pears and lungs
Apples, Pears May Help Protect Lungs...Researchers
in the Netherlands have found that apples, pears
and other fruits rich in certain plant compounds may
help protect the lungs from chronic disease, Reuters
Health reported on July 26. They suspect the benefit
might come from catechins, one of a large group of
plant compounds called flavonoids that has already
been linked to a lower risk of heart disease and
certain cancers, according to the report. The study
appears in the July issue of the American Journal
of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
This is from the American lung association newsletter.
7.Multichemical sensativity

An interesting item about Multiple Chemical
Sensitivity on this About.com site
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8.What do you work with at work?
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