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Article: Food Allergy Awareness Week Celebrates New Laws and New Hope to Find a Cure for Food Allergies.
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- May 12, 2006
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FAAN Holds 9th Annual Food Allergy Awareness Week
FAIRFAX, Va., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), the largest international nonprofit, patient advocacy group for food allergy will kick off this year's Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW) beginning on May 14 and ending on May 20. Activities to educate and spread awareness on food allergies are planned for the week with the theme, "New Tools, New Laws, New Hope."
An estimated 12 million Americans have an allergy to common foods such as milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, and soy, making it a significant public health and food safety issue. Since there ...