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ALLERGY ALERT - UNDECLARED PEANUTS IN JAPANESE STYLE SESAME MOCHI
OTTAWA, March 4, 2009 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people with allergies to peanut proteins not to consume the Japanese Style Sesame Mochi described below. The affected product contains peanuts which are [...]

This blog is all about living life full out, and how can you do that without the odd vacation? Flying with a peanut allergy is not an easy task. Until recently there were no peanut free airlines which made travel risky at best for those with a peanut allergy.
Here is a brief history on airline [...]

Ladies & Gentlemen, my ambition is your opportunity.
On January 5th while at a goal setting workshop I set some lofty goals which included some intense punishments if I don’t meet them. Well, one of these goals was to help a certain number of people by February 15th through my Peanut Free Guides. As we enter [...]

One of the biggest issues for anyone living with a peanut allergy is travelling or flying peanut free. The airlines have went through various phases in regards to peanuts and peanut allergies over the years. Some of these phases left individuals like myself going without travel for over 10 years. Thankfully this phase has passed [...]

For those of us with a peanut allergy we tend to throw our guard up the instant we read or hear the word nut. Case in point, despite how cute they are, does anyone else have a slight prejudice against squirrels because of their love of nuts? I thought so.
I’ll take this opportunity to answer [...]

I’m aware that some individuals are worried about a potential allergy or allergic reaction to palm oil or palm kernel oil. This is a super short blog just clarifying there is no reason to worry.
Coconut, while officially a tree nut, tends not to be related to other tree nuts in regards to allergies. You should [...]

I thought this was very cool. The Minnesota Twins are offering those with a peanut allergy special peanut free seating in their Sky Box. I still remember being terrified the last time I went to a Seattle Mariners baseball game and peanuts were being thrown everywhere; I definitely left before the end of the 9th [...]

So you’re deathly allergic to peanuts, how much worse can it get right? As it turns out it can get a lot worse if you’re not careful. Here is my story:
Since as far back as I know I have been allergic to peanuts. Growing up I also had allergies to dairy, eggs and seafood (all [...]

About a year ago I started enjoying life. I mean REALLY enjoying life. Since then I have my motorcycle licence, I have been sky diving more than once and have been atving through the Mexican Baja. When it comes to taking risk there are 3 kinds of people.
The first group I’ll call the nervous no-gos. [...]

In 2005 a story made international headlines. The story was about a 15 year old Canadian girl who died because of kissing her boyfriend 9 hours after he had consumed peanut butter (BBC Article here and CBS Article Here). This story brought a lot of much needed attention to peanut allergies and those affected by [...]