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☆ Lactose intolerant customers hit Starbucks with $5 mil lawsuit, calling dairy-free upcharges 'discrimination'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Lactose intolerant customers sue Starbucks for $5 million over "illegal price discrimination." Customers claim in the lawsuit Starbucks has violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, customers can choose to customize any beverage with a non-dairy milk on the menu for an additional charge." Lactose intolerant customers don't want to pay more for plant-based milk alternatives. The 2022 Starbucks lawsuit, which was filed in Florida, was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff, Enica said.

Persons: —, Melissa Wells, Maria Bollinger, Dawn Miller, Shunda Smith —, Bogdan Enica, Enica, Dunkin, they've Organizations: Starbucks, Service, California Unruh Civil, Americano, Dairy, US Justice, PETA Locations: California, Florida, Europe

☆ New data shows asthma medicine may help reduce severe reactions in people with multiple food allergies
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A new study finds that the asthma medication Xolair may substantially reduce severe allergic reactions in people who have multiple food allergies and are accidentally exposed to those foods. There is no cure for food allergies, and the only other FDA-approved treatment is Palforzia, an oral immunotherapy for peanut allergies in children between 4 and 17 years old. “But the reality is that most of our patients don’t just have peanut allergy,” Wood added. For people who have multiple severe food allergies and even moderate to severe allergic asthma, Casale says, Xolair might be the best treatment option. Xolair does not eliminate food allergies, and unlike with some environmental allergies such as pollen, many people never outgrow them, Casale added.

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A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Xolair, the brand name for the drug omalizumab, became the first medication approved to reduce allergic reactions caused by accidental exposure to food triggers. An estimated 17 million people in the U.S. have the type of food allergies that can cause rapid, serious symptoms, including severe, whole-body reactions that are potentially deadly. Wood estimated that 25% to 50% of people with food allergies, particularly children and young adults, would elect to use Xolair. The drug has been used “off-label” to treat food allergies, said Dr. Ruchi Gupta, director of the Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research at Northwestern University.

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☆ Uber Eats to edit Super Bowl commercial after facing backlash for peanut allergy joke, charity says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Uber Eats faced a backlash over a new commercial released ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. The "Don't Forget Uber Eats" ad has been criticized for appearing to use a peanut allergy as a joke. The CEO of a food allergy charity has said that the company has agreed to edit the commercial. AdvertisementUber Eats has said it will edit its new Super Bowl commercial after it was criticized for appearing to make a joke about a man's peanut allergy. The ad, titled "Don't Forget Uber Eats," features stars David and Victoria Beckham and actors Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer, and is based on the idea of people forgetting things.

Persons: Uber, —, David, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Aniston Organizations: Service, Super, Business

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. The rejection and request for additional testing sharply contrasts the backing from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) independent experts for the spray, neffy, in May. EpiPen-maker Viatris (VTRS.O) had in June petitioned the FDA to require that ARS conduct more trials that closely mimic real-world conditions. It did not test neffy in anaphylaxis, a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction, due to ethical concerns. ARS expects to re-submit its application in the first half of 2024, with an FDA decision likely in the second half.

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☆ The New Reality for College Dining Halls: Dozens of Dietary Restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Priya Krishna | More About Priya Krishna | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The group has run on-campus trainings in how to use an EpiPen, and hosted discussions among students with allergies. Ms. Auerbach and Mr. Bajaj are already in contact with students at several other campuses to set up new chapters. “Colleges as a whole need to do more to support food allergy education and awareness,” Mr. Bajaj said. “The goal overall is to spread the club all over, to give a voice to food allergies.”Follow New York Times Cooking on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Pinterest. Get regular updates from New York Times Cooking, with recipe suggestions, cooking tips and shopping advice.

Persons: “, Kethan Bajaj, Julia Auerbach, Auerbach, Bajaj, Mr Organizations: Northwestern, College, Food Allergy, Colleges, New York Times, Facebook, YouTube Locations: Northwestern

☆ Mysterious meat allergy passed by ticks may affect hundreds of thousands in US, CDC estimates
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Lack of awareness, lack of diagnosisScientists have only recently begun to understand alpha-gal syndrome. Another third of respondents said they were not confident about their ability to diagnose or manage a patient with alpha-gal allergy. Diagnoses on the riseResearchers haven’t had a good idea how many Americans might have alpha-gal syndrome. This led to them to estimate that between 96,000 and 450,000 Americans may have been affected by alpha-gal syndrome since 2010. A CDC map shows the geographic distribution of suspected alpha-gal syndrome cases per 1 million population per year from 2017 to 2022.

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☆ Kids who live with pets may be less prone to food allergies, recent study shows—here's what an allergist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The strongest benefit was seen in kids who lived with dogs that were kept inside of the house, and for families who owned pets during a child's fetal development and early infancy. Owning dogs during a child's early development was associated with a lower risk of milk, egg and nut allergies, according to the new study. There wasn't a strong association found between food allergies and ownership of birds, turtles and hamsters. Research thus far has been conflicting about if having pets while a child is young is actually helpful for preventing the development of food allergies, Kwiat tells CNBC Make It. "Some studies show that early exposure to furred animal dander does protect against food allergies.

Persons: Carolyn Kwiat Organizations: CNBC Locations: Mount Sinai

☆ In Transylvania, Anyone With $200 Can Live Like a King. (Well, One Specific King.)
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( David Segal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Kalnoky, who is tall, urbane and fluent in five languages, was raised in exile in Paris, where his family resided after Communists took over Romania. As a count from Transylvania, he would like to cordially invite everyone to spare him the Dracula jokes. The story of how King Charles came to own a guesthouse in Romania starts with one of Mr. Kalnoky’s ancestors. That factory has long since vanished from what is today the right-next-door village of Zalánpatak, population 94. “As he was describing his dream house, I realized that I might know that very house,” he recalled.

☆ A United passenger says she was 'humiliated' by a supervisor who wouldn't alert other travelers to her son's 'life-threatening' peanut allergy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A United passenger says an airline crew member refused to accommodate her son's peanut allergy. She said she asked a flight attendant to inform passengers located in her immediate vicinity of her son's peanut allergy. After some confusion over the request, Mandelbaum told the crew member she had made the same request on another United flight two days earlier. "I was humiliated and treated as if my son's peanut allergy was not a legitimate disability and not worthy of respect." Research by the Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research found nearly one in 10 surveyed passengers with food allergies experienced a reaction while on a flight.

If you have a food allergy, you're likely aware of it by now. Many people are allergic to nuts and shellfish, and were either born with the allergy or developed it with age. Despite how careful you might be with the foods you're allergic to, it is possible that you're still consuming foods every day that your body is sensitive to in other ways. On the flip side, "food sensitivities are very different [and] take longer to generate," says Hart. Food sensitivities are also known as food intolerances, and "reactions tend to be long-term and chronic," she adds.

☆ How healthy imitation crab is compared to other seafood, and what surimi sticks are actually made of
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Crystal Raypole | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While imitation crab is more affordable than real crab, it doesn't have as much nutritional value. Once imitation crab hit the markets in the late '70s, it became wildly popular as an affordable alternative to crab meat. Yet while real crab packs a major protein punch, imitation crab doesn't have quite as much nutritional value. Imitation crab contains little or no real crab. Brian Vander Brug / Contributor / Getty ImagesThe rising costs of crab have made imitation crab a more appealing option for many shoppers.

☆ Olive Garden, Wendy's, and Chick-fil-A are suddenly adding sesame to popular foods like bread sticks and buns, and people with allergies are furious
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Nancy Luna | Mary Meisenzahl | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Restaurant bakers are adding in sesame flour since it makes it easier to avoid cross-contamination. Allergy-friendly foods like breadsticks at Olive Garden are now off-limits to allergic consumers. The changes have affected buns at Wendy's and Chick-fil-A and breadsticks at Olive Garden. Olive Garden now lists sesame as an ingredient in its bread sticks. Families locked out of their "allergen safe havens" say they have no recourse but to stop patronizing these chains.

☆ James Corden apologizes for comment that led to Balthazar restaurant ban
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

James Corden opened his talk show Monday night with an apology, saying his behavior that led to a brief ban from famed New York restaurant Balthazar last week was "wrong." The apology came days after Corden, 44, dismissed the drama surrounding the brief ban as "silly" and insisted he had not done anything wrong. On Monday's episode of “The Late Late Show," however, the star backtracked and acknowledged that he had made a "rude comment" to a server at Balthazar. I made a rude comment and it was wrong,” Corden said. He said he hoped he would be welcomed back to Balthazar next time he's in NYC so he could make his apologies in person.

☆ James Corden addresses Balthazar incident on 'Late Late Show'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —James Corden used his opening monologue in Monday’s “The Late Late Show” to address the recent incident that saw him temporarily banned from a New York brasserie. He said she had been brought an incorrect order three times, when he “in the heat of the moment…made a sarcastic, rude comment about cooking it myself.”“It’s a comment I deeply regret,” he added. Corden said he didn’t realize he had done anything wrong because he didn’t “shout or scream.”“I didn’t get up out of my seat. I made a rude comment and it was wrong, it was an unnecessary comment, it was ungracious to the server,” he said. Corden concluded the monologue by saying he would like to go to Balthazar when he was back in New York and apologize in person.

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