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U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Final Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergens, Including the Food Allergen Labeling Requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Edition 5). There are several changes outlined in the final guidance.

The list of tree nuts which the FDA considers to be major tree nut allergens has been revised to now focus on 9 tree nuts – almond, Brazil nut, cashew, filbert/hazelnut, macadamia nut/bush nut, pecan, pine nut/pinon nut, pistachio, and walnut (black, California, Heartnut/Japanese, English/Persian) – See Table 1 on page 15 of the guidance document – Section C.7.

The draft version of the guidance had also contained beach nut, butternut, chestnut, chinquapin, coconut, cola/kola nut, ginkgo nut, hickory nut, palm nut, pili nut, and sheanut/shea nut which are now REMOVED from the list of major tree nut allergens.

While coconuts and other tree nuts are no longer considered major food allergens, it may take some time to see labels updated.

Read the breakdown from and access the full FDA Guidance at:
https://www.foodallergyawareness.org/product-notices-blog/

Allergy Groups Launch Pre-Boarding Action Against Southwest Air

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along with Allergy & Asthma Network, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), and No Nut Traveler just filed a complaint against Southwest Airlines with U.S. Department of Transportation.

Issue: Airline's new policy denying pre-boarding to those with .

"FAACT’s involvement in the formal complaint is part of the organization’s advocacy for the civil rights of individuals with food allergies", says Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT’s president and CEO.

“FAACT hopes that this DOT complaint against Southwest Airlines sends a reverberating message to all airlines that individuals with food allergies (to any allergen) have a legal right to pre-board their flight with enough time to thoroughly clean their seating areas without being rushed before other non-disabled passengers are allowed to board the plane,” she says.

Read this important, article from Allergic Living for more details:
https://buff.ly/3hN0uv3

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Raffle ends on November 14...OR...when all 100 tickets are sold!

Purchase your tickets via FAACT’s Donate page. Click on "Other" and enter the dollar amount for the number of tickets you want to purchase, then enter "Baker's Delight" in the "Reason" box.

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Proceeds from this raffle will benefit FAACT’s food allergy education and advocacy efforts.