Percipio Training Open Course
New year! New start! – update your training to further your career or to motivate your staff to becoming the star of your business! Food Allergy Aware Limited is working in collaboration with Peter Rose from Percipio Training we are offering your staff to the chance to attend the following open courses. IOSH Managing Safely £375 […]
Restaurant Supplied With Peanut Powder in Error
Random sampling, carried out by Southend-on-Sea’s Environmental Health Department led to the prosecution of a London-based cash and carry that supplied peanut powder labelled as almond to a restaurant and has been ordered to pay over £6,000 fines and costs. The error occurred when an almond mix label was wrongly applied to a box which […]
Why Restaurants Shouldn’t Offer Gluten Free…. Yet
It is almost seen as discriminatory if a restaurant / takeaway doesn’t offer gluten free or other allergy free menu options. This article looks at gluten free catering from a different perspective and identifies that unless a catering outlet can truly guarantee that their menu, policies and practices will ensure a gluten free meal, that […]
Teaching An Allergic Child Responsibility
We found an interesting article published by the anaphylaxis campaign recently. As many parents of a severely allergic child knows, trying to protect them is an immediate and all consuming issue. The Anaphylaxis campaign however feel it is time to start moving some of the responsibility onto the child. Its an informative and thought provoking […]
Christmas parties! Are your food allergy customers an afterthought?
It’s that time of year when you are planning for the Christmas party season, menus are being developed, recipes tested and menu printing is in production. STOP! Have you considered how inclusive your menu is for the food allergy customer? If you take the time to consider the food allergy customer in your planning stages you […]
FreeFrom Christmas recipes
Gluten Free Yorkshire puddings – Recipe by Mark Kennett – The Gluten Free Chef’s Recipes at Oscars & Bentley’s 50g cornflour 50g plain gluten free flour 3 eggs 140ml milk with a stick blender blend for 2-3 minutes then let it rest at room temp for about 1 hour, use a muffin tray pour a […]
So you’re organising a works Christmas party? Have you considered how inclusive it will be
Party Season is fast approaching! Is your works party planning fully inclusive? It’s that time of the year when nights are drawing in, the clocks have gone back and are thoughts are turning to the Christmas party season. Many restaurants and venues will be gearing up for the onslaught of party crowds and businesses will […]
Time for Students to Learn
According the FSA and other sources, teenagers and young adults seem to be at particular risk of severe food allergy reactions. How so? This trend can largely be attributed to the new freedoms that this age group have. Teenagers who are starting to go out more and eating out with friends or university students who […]
Eating out, the good the bad and the ugly!
The Food Standards Agency, in conjunction with Allergy UK have recently carried out a UK wide survey of those suffering a food allergy to gather their views, experiences and opinions of eating out in the UK since the new EU food labelling regulations came into force. The research clearly shows that more is being done […]
Twins share Hero award
Twins Share Hero Award 8 year old Identical twins,Luke and Jamie Waggott and from Oxfordshire have been awarded a UK Child Hero Award by Allergy UK for their fundraising activities. Jamie is allergic to nuts, pectin and citrus fruit whilst Luke doesn’t suffer any food allergies. Their fund raising activities began at just 6 years […]