Food Allergies Publications & Resources
Guidelines for School Settings
School Guidelines for Managing Students with Food Allergies
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Managing Food Allergies in the School Setting: Guidance for Parents [pdf 234K]
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, with support from CDC, presents guidelines to help parents prepare for sending their child with food allergies to school
Safe at School and Ready to Learn: a Comprehensive Policy Guide for Protecting Students with Life-Threatening Food
Allergies [pdf 4.5M]
National School Boards Association
School Health Tools
Food Allergy Action Plan (English [pdf 220K], Spanish [pdf 760K])
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network provides information for providers working with students who have food allergies
Food Allergies and Schools: Keeping Students Safe and Ready To Learn
National School Boards Association, with support from CDC, developed this 90 minutes webcast addressing policies and practices to help improve food allergy management in schools
Managing Food Allergies in the School Setting
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network developed a 20-minute video highlighting 10 key strategies to improve food allergy management in schools
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network: School, Childcare and Camp
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis: A NASN Tool Kit
National Association of School Nurses, with support from CDC, presents a
comprehensive set of guidance and resources to help school nurses and others
manage students with food allergies in schools
Food Safe Schools Action Guide
CDC and its partners in the National Coalition for Food-Safe Schools help schools identify gaps in food safety and develop an action plan for becoming food-safe
Infant Feeding Practices Study II
FDA and CDC, in collaboration with other federal agencies
Food Allergies, General
Food Allergies: What You Need to Know
FDA information about food anaphylaxis, food labeling, common signs and symptoms of food allergies, and what to do if allergic reactions occur
Resource List on Food Allergies and Intolerances [pdf 252K]
USDA National Agricultural Library
Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004
FDA
Food Allergy Among U.S Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations [pdf 313K]
National Center for Health Statistics
Understanding Food Allergy
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Food Allergy Health Information
National Library of Medicine, Medline Plus
Allergies and Food Sensitivities
USDA
Food Allergies: Categories and Related Topics
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Healthfinder.gov
Information about Food Allergens
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
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