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Welsh: Regional Committee Meeting

08-09-10

HACCP ‘Making it Work’

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

09-09-10

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09-09-10

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13-09-10

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Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

15-09-10

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15-09-10

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20-09-10

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20-09-10

RSPH Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

22-09-10

School Food: Healthy Children, Healthy Minds

Central London, 09:00 - 14:00 (half day)

27-09-10

Training the Trainer

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

29-09-10

Welsh: Regional Meeting

04-10-10

HACCP ‘Taking it Further’

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

11-10-10

RSPH Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

12-10-10

Welsh: Regional Committee Meeting

13-10-10

Yorkshire and Humberside: Regional Event

Catering through the generations

COELIAC UK WELCOMES FSA ALLERGY GUIDANCE

Coeliac UK welcomes the Food Standards Agency (FSA) publication of new guidance to help chefs and caterers handle allergens in the production of loose food and is calling for safer choices and the better availability of gluten-free food on menus.

The new guidance is targeted at businesses selling food that is not packaged, such as restaurants, cafes, deli counters, sandwich bars and bakeries.
 
It is part of the Agency's on-going work to help these businesses to improve the information they make available to customers who have food allergies or intolerance.
 
Food businesses selling food prepared or wrapped on site are not required by law to indicate whether it contains ingredients that people may be allergic to such as nuts, wheat or eggs.

The availability of gluten-fee food has increased but eating out is still a cause for concern.
 
Statistics show that 67% of people with coeliac disease are less likely to eat out and 77% are less likely to eat prepared food at work.

Eating out is a problem for people with coeliac disease because they cannot eat gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.
 
Some people with coeliac disease are also sensitive to oats. The only remedy to this autoimmune disease is a lifelong adherence to a gluten-free diet.  
Chief Executive of Coeliac UK Sarah Sleet said: "It is essential that café's, delis and restaurants are fully aware of these guidelines and have a strategy for dealing with allergens be it from chefs to serving staff to ensure people with coeliac disease can make a safe choice. We welcome the new guidance published by the FSA and will look forward to working with the food sector and the Food Standards Agency to promote safer eating for people with coeliac disease."
If someone with coeliac disease accidentally eats gluten be it through gluten being an ingredient or cross-contamination, they are likely to be unwell within just a few hours.
 
The symptoms can often be very aggressive and include severe diarrhoea and vomiting which can last up to 3 – 7 days. Gluten is an ingredient that is in a large number of foods.

Words: Clare Riley


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