Living with Food Allergies.
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Welcome to Food Allergies - Rochester, MN. We are a community that seeks to support, encourage, educate and advocate for individuals living with food allergies. Food Allergies Rochester, MN is a program of Olmsted Outreach, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation that is tax exempt under the IRS 501 (c)(3) code.
Mark your calendars and join us for our next in-person support group meeting, scheduled tentatively for Thursday, October 26th at 7:00 pm (CDT) at Autumn Ridge Church. Come to this open support meeting and connect with other families living with food allergies. Topics will include the start of the school year and tips on managing food allergies in the school and community settings. Read more information and register, below. To register for our meeting, please click the button below. After registering, more information and detailed directions will be e-mailed to you. We are a proud supporter of No Appetite for Bullying, which "aims to make a positive, lasting impact on the lives of children, teenagers and students with food allergies, by encouraging them, their parents, and peers to be voices against food allergy bullying. View website HERE.
Today 1 in 13 children and 1 in 10 adults have a food allergy and more than 40% and 50%, respectively, have experienced a life-threatening allergic reaction.* Claim lines with diagnoses of anaphylaxis have risen 377% between 2007 and 2016. Click the image to the right for more information.
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Infographics provided by FARE. Published with permission.
Advocacy
The ADINA Act
The ADINA Act
According to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), "This legislation provides the nearly 40 million Americans with either a potentially life-threatening food allergy or Celiac Disease with the information they need to ensure that they are not harmed by the very medicines that are supposed to help them.
The ADINA Act requires that all prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications detail if they contain any of the top-nine major food allergens and gluten. The most tragic example of why medicine should be labeled happened in 2019 when an 11-year-old California girl died because of using a prescription toothpaste that had dairy in it.
'I am thrilled to see the ADINA Act being introduced, as it addresses a significant gap in current laws regarding allergen labeling,' said Sung Poblete, RN, PhD, CEO of FARE. 'For individuals with food allergies, medication safety is of utmost importance, and the accurate identification of allergens in pharmaceutical products can be a matter of life or death. We believe that individuals have the right to make informed decisions about the medications they consume, and the ADINA Act will provide them with the essential information needed to manage their health safely and effectively.'"
Click the button below to learn more about what this groundbreaking legislation means for the allergic community.
The ADINA Act requires that all prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications detail if they contain any of the top-nine major food allergens and gluten. The most tragic example of why medicine should be labeled happened in 2019 when an 11-year-old California girl died because of using a prescription toothpaste that had dairy in it.
'I am thrilled to see the ADINA Act being introduced, as it addresses a significant gap in current laws regarding allergen labeling,' said Sung Poblete, RN, PhD, CEO of FARE. 'For individuals with food allergies, medication safety is of utmost importance, and the accurate identification of allergens in pharmaceutical products can be a matter of life or death. We believe that individuals have the right to make informed decisions about the medications they consume, and the ADINA Act will provide them with the essential information needed to manage their health safely and effectively.'"
Click the button below to learn more about what this groundbreaking legislation means for the allergic community.
