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Peanut Butter Cheerios Are Coming To Canada: Does This Mean Cheerios Products Are No Longer Safe For Peanut Allergic Consumers?

Peanut Butter Cheerios Are Coming To Canada: Does This Mean Cheerios Products Are No Longer Safe For Peanut Allergic Consumers?

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Peanut Butter Cheerios® have just been made available in Canada, but only for a limited time. General Mills Canada announced on their Facebook page on February 5, 2013 that: “You asked for them, so we’re bringing Peanut Butter Cheerios to Canada! And we’re “laying it on thick” with a coupon for a FREE box with […]

Mylan Lashes Out At Sanofi Only Two Weeks After Auvi-Q Launch

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There has been a lot of excitement in the online food allergy community about the launch of the Auvi-Q epinephrine auto-injector, known as Allerject in Canada. Sanofi (which produces the Auvi-Q/Allerject) invited US based bloggers to an Auvi-Q Summit, and the resulting posts were interesting and informative. Sanofi is off to a very good start […]

Regulatory Thresholds For Major Food Allergens?

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Regulatory Thresholds For Major Food Allergens?* In December 2012, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice requesting comments “relevant to conducting a risk assessment to establish regulatory thresholds for major food allergens.”  Please take the time to submit your comments to the FDA, since this is the only way the food allergic community’s voice […]