Contents of
FAILSAFE Newsletters
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The
Food Intolerance Network supports people worldwide using a low-chemical elimination
diet free of additives, low in salicylates, amines and flavour enhancers
(FAILSAFE) for health, behaviour and learning problems. |
The
Failsafe Newsletters are sent out by email about every three months and highlight
current issues, research, product updates, recipes and support. The past issues
may be out of date regarding permitted foods, so always check under the latest product updates. Stories, questions and
recipes are also collected together separately:
April – June 2008 Failsafe56
'Ban the Additives' campaign leads the way
Get Smarties campaign 2
Research: A1 and A2 milk
In brief: Tell the government what you want
in food, The Myths of Fruit, Cough and cold medicines,
Targeting… Get Smarties campaign 2
Readers' stories: [637] -
[648]
Product updates: detailed
help and information.
Questions: detailed help and
information.
Cooks Corner: Potato pizza base, Bunny 'n'
Beans, Howard's butter cabbage, Honeycomb slice
January – March 2008 Failsafe55
Artificial colours should be banned in food
and drink: MPs
Fully updated and
revised “Fed Up” now available
Research: There has been no improvement
in literacy and numeracy of Australian students; Chronic diarrhoea, abdominal pain and severe
weight loss due to sorbitol (420) sugar free sweetener; Medieval diets were
'far more healthy' than the modern diet
In brief: Naming and shaming;
NSAID-sensitivity; Nitrite poisoning; The nutritionist’s tale; Latest
newsletter from SAFE; Have we learnt from history?
Targeting… Antioxidant 320 in McDonalds
fries
Readers' stories: [600] -
[634]
Product updates: detailed
help and information.
Questions: detailed help and
information.
Cooks Corner: Mini meatloaves, Pear bread,
Pear Roll-Ups / Fruit Leathers
October – December 2007 Failsafe54
Food and the Australian federal election
International Registry of Food Additive
Reactions (IRFAR)
Research:
School
trial a huge success.
The
devil in the milk
In
brief: Additives in medication
New additive in
Depression and food
In-store fragrances
Correction on Nurofen
Artificial butter flavour
Now
targeting…
artificial colours (102,110, 129 and 133) in Arnott’s Tim Tams and preservative
282 (calcium propionate) in Tip Top muffins and crumpets.
Readers'
stories: [575] - [599]
Product
updates: detailed help and information.
Questions:
detailed help and information.
Cooks Corner: BBQ chicken escalopes, Carob
custard cups, Gooey Caramel Slice
July – September 2007 Failsafe53
Additive health warnings
Research:
Reactions to antioxidants 319-321
In brief:
ALL Britain's major supermarkets, Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, Asda and
Tesco, are banning potentially dangerous additives from the majority of their
own-brand products, Scientific reassessment of all food additives,
Breastfeeding percentages, The McDonalds Video game, Adverse Medical Events
hotline, Your opportunity to let McDonalds know what you think,. Granny finds
grenade in sack of potatoes
Still
targeting… tartrazine (artificial, 102, Yellow #5 in the US) and
annatto 160b
Readers'
stories: [567] - [574]
Product
updates: detailed help and information.
Questions:
detailed help and information.
Cooks
Corner: Yummy biscuits correction, Hint: Failsafe Nachos,
Maple Butter, Purple Ketchup, 7 minute risotto
April – June 2007 Failsafe52
Kids and chocolate
Nestles
myth the point
ONE
MILLION HITS!!
Research: Alopecia
areata and gluten, Getting vegetables into children, Chicken soup really is
good for you, Benefits of psyllium, Oats in gluten-free diets
In brief: Ribena
and no vitamin C, The food industry pyramid, Additive wars, Eating beef in
pregnancy
Targeting… Misleading advertising
Readers' stories: [547] - [565]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks
Corner: Hints: mini crumpets, pear jam, Failsafe sports drink, Homemade butter,
Buttermilk scones, Chokos with Home-made butter, Chicken soup for colds and
flu, Yummy biscuits
January – March 2007 Failsafe51
Focus on asthma: let’s
halve the asthma rate in children
Failsafe Cookbook
available from
FSANZ Food Additives Forum
Food Intolerance Network
antioxidant submission withdrawn
Changes to food
regulations in England
Research: Additive
survey, Migraines and Tourette syndrome, Naming and shaming
In brief: Kefir
and allergies, Laughter really is good for you, Former head of US Food and Drug
Administration sentenced, Nonchemical headlice treatment, Fish and whole grains
linked to asthma protection
Targeting… McDonalds
Readers' stories: [524] - [546]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks
Corner: Hints: Breadcrumbs, Near-Beer Bread, Gnocchi, Moroccan lemon lamb
tagine, Homemade Donuts, Campers Dream icecream balls
October – December 2006 Failsafe50
2006 Lobbying report
Fed Up with Children’s
Behaviour – the DVD
Research: Mothers’ diet during breastfeeding can affect babies, Propionic acid in
rats can cause autistic symptoms,
In brief: Perfume sensitivity,
Asthma increase at school start
Targeting…Kraft Foods Philadelphia Cream Cheese
Readers' stories: [459] - [474]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks
Corner: Evil
bean bruschetta, Sam’s Barra Cakes, Nell’s cake (with egg-free option),
Birthday bombe
July – September 2006 Failsafe49
Labelling of antioxidants
in fats and oils
Additive-free school
canteens
The Get Smarties campaign
Kidney beans every day keep
the doctor away
Fed Up with Children’s
Behaviour – the DVD
Research: Reversibility
of the effects of additives, Changes in what children eat, Australian children
targeted
In brief: Looking
for a school fundraiser?, Want to comment on failsafe?, Iodine intake of
children , Chronic Fatigue Syndrome stories?, US unions seek limit on butter
flavor additive, Sainsbury’s UK Supermarkets, If governments won’t do it,
people power will
Targeting…Get Smarties Campaign
Readers' stories: [438] - [453]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks Corner: Failsafe
lemonade, Chicken frittata, Bread and butter pudding
April – June 2006 Failsafe48
The Palmers Island trial
Nestle to remove
artificial colours from Smarties in the UK but not Australia
Vets warn of deadly
preservatives in pet food
Sugary drinks ban in
Victorian schools
School reducing additives
Research: Additives
in combination
In brief: Benzene
in soft drinks , Food additives are big business, Soft drinks and obesity,
FSANZ Consumer Liaison Committee
Targeting…Get Smarties Campaign
Readers' stories: [410] - [419]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks
Corner: Hint: toothpaste , Herbed scrambled eggs, Healthy
carrot cake
January – March 2006 Failsafe47
Safety concerns regarding
ADHD drugs
School canteens
Safety concerns about
benzoate preservatives
How safe is mince?
Artificial
colours in children’s foods
Research: Sorbitol and sugar-free sweeteners
In brief: Sodium benzoate 210-213, MSG from the archives, Fluoride, Website address changes
Now targeting… Benzoates 210-213
Readers' stories: [387]-[409]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks
Corner: Five-minute porridge, Red cabbage, Easter chocolate
for failsafers, Princess bread, Siena Easter Cake, Home-made toothpaste,
Halliwell Chicken Nuggets
October – December 2005 Failsafe46
Food in cinemas
Asthma and additives
Schools peanut ban
The rise and rise of supermarkets
Food additives and dementia
Inauguration of the Nasty Food Awards
Research: Gluten
free diets and depression, Reduced sulphite wines, Bagged salads
In brief: Flavours
not safe, Spam website, Sunset yellow risk, Another major food chain bans additives, Australian
flour not bleached, Demand for preservative, additive free foods, Popcorn
flavour damages, Bovine Growth Hormone
Now targeting… BHA 320 (synthetic antioxidant)
Readers' stories: [377] - [381]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks Corner: Tweedie Pie, PBJ
sandwiches, Failsafe trail mix, Max's MEMMs (mini expresso melting moments).
May – September 2005 Failsafe45
Food additives are
“artificial nasties”
Jamie and school
dinners
Chemical in food
packaging linked to cancer, miscarriages
Research: Asthma
and benzoate preservatives
In brief: Connecticut
votes for school junk food ban
Still targeting… Annatto
160b
Readers' stories: [369] - [376]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks
Corner: Hint for natural colours, Anne's satay sauce, Classic maple
icecream
January – April 2005 Failsafe44
Bread preservative dropped from major brands
Dangers of dried fruit
“Kate has asthma – I need your
help” – effects of toxic furniture
A2 milk report
Talking point: vacuum
packed meat
Research: Rage disorders and violence, Gluten and liver
disease
In
brief: More
on gluten in oats, The Parents Jury, McDonalds, artificial sweetener Splenda
(sucralose), Ayurvedic (traditional Indian) medicines, Tartrazine linked to
cancer risk, Smell of new Italian leather sofa
Now targeting… Annatto 160b
Readers' stories: [359] - [368]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks Corner: Super Salad with Mighty Mayo, Cashew Bread, Wedding Whip
September –
December 2005 Failsafe43
Australian schools join low additive trend
New
enrolments needed at low chemical school
Research: RPAH autism
study, Probiotics and eczema, Depression and illness linked to air fresheners
and aerosols
In brief: New
version of RPAH book, Sulphite test strips, Oats in a gluten free diet, Gas
heating and asthma, Antidepressant warning, Free Medication Effectiveness
Tests, Education of doctors
Lobbying: Thanks to FSANZ for
action on labelling of flavours, Consumers’ Association: additives need clearer
labeling.
Readers' stories: [345] - [356]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks Corner: Beanz meanz health, Hints, Darani’s hearty chicken noodle soup, Howard’s
bean spread, Dominic's Pop-Rocks, Ethan’s Menu
May - August 2004 Failsafe42
Help us get
rid of colours, flavours and preservatives in children’s medication
Junk food
advertising ban for children’s TV
Test your own
mince with our new sulphite home test kit
A2 milk and
children’s behaviour
Research: Food additives and young children,
Green group speaks out for children
In brief: * Super Size Me * Pharmaceutical giant
GlaxoSmithKline is being sued * A study of elderly people * Breastfeeding * A
ban on the household use of two common pesticides * Flame retardants.
Lobbying: Letter to FSANZ about flavours being
used as a vehicle for undeclared colours.
Readers' stories: [328] - [338]
Product updates: (major revision of website
information)
Questions: (many including about chemicals,
alternative therapies and multiple sclerosis)
Cooks Corner: Rebecca’s pizza topping, Pumpkin Pie
February - April 2004 Failsafe41.htm
Big win for additive free
team
The McDonald's
diet
44-day
'starvation stunt'
Student tests
junk food
Research: 6-day fast for autistic boy, Most urticaria
is food-related, say researchers, Food additives and runny nose, Gluten and
mental symptoms, Mercury-based preservatives in vaccines
In brief: report adverse drug reactions,
antidepressant suicide-related warnings, aspirin induced asthma, autism reaching
'epidemic levels'.
Lobbying: Preservative complaint rewarded
Readers' stories: [312] - [327]
Product updates: ***WARNINGS*** Amines in meat from
Coles and Woolworths, McCains Healthy Choice, Pampas butter puff Pastry, Bakers
Delight finger buns, Sunicrust Mighty Soft bread, BiLo bread caution, Regarding
mercury in fish, Honey blends. ***GOOD NEWS ***Sunfield safflower oil in New
Zealand, Cheap canned pears, tinned halves or quarters in syrup, Fantastic Long
Life Noodles, Sunbeam home Fairy Floss (cotton candy) makers, Fluff is a
failsafe marshmallow spread.
Questions: Easter eggs, BeCALM'd, Food
packaging legislation, preservative in 7UP lemonade, vitamin supplement and
heart beating fast.
Cooks Corner: Fluff marshmallow spread, Chicken
noodle snack, Moroccan Chicken, Butterscotch Pudding
November 2003 - January 2004 Failsafe40.htm
Children's
health getting worse
Hotlines - can
you trust them?
Big Food and
Big Tobacco
Freedom of
Information (FOI) request to FSANZ
Research: Dutch diet trial; FIN Submissions
to NHMRC on ADHD and Asthma
Readers' stories: [300] - [311]
Product updates: Many warnings!
Cooks Corner: Christmas dinner; Howard's pear
icecream with dairyfree option; Erica's prize winning gf pear loaf
August - October 2003 Failsaf39.htm
Australian
food intolerance conference
Thailand bans
MSG and other food additives in school meals
Low-additive
school canteens, food intolerance in schools
Research: MSG can seriously affect heart rhythm
In brief: perfume petition, sunshine
Readers' stories: [276] - [299]
Product updates: Many positive changes
Cooks Corner: Oriental 2-minute noodles, Mrs
Cattle's biscuits, popples, rice puffs
June - July 2003 Failsaf38.htm
TV demonstration of food
additives: 60% improve
Asthma
Ribo Rash to be tested
Antidepressants
The ketogenic diet for
weight loss and epilepsy
Research: Autism, diet and 'clean room'
In brief: Hiccups, School policy on food intolerance
in the ACT, Phytoestrogens
Readers' stories: [260] - [275]
Product updates: Soul Pattinson Plain toothpaste,
Failsafe foods online at Great Aussie Food, Birgit's pear jam and failsafe
chutney, Granma's 1908 cordial,*** Product warning: Panadol ***,*** Product
warning: Devondale Extra Soft butter and Lite spread ***,Customer
Hotlines,***Product warning: Bread preservative in New Zealand ***
Cooks Corner: Failsafe sukiyaki, Coleslaw,
American Crumb-topped Coffeecake, 'Lemon' meringue pie version 2 (contains
dairy foods, no sulphites)
April - May 2003 FAILsaf37.htm
Children 'Fed Up' with
unhealthy menu choices
635 in the media
Stuttering
Research: Psychotropic medications for
Australian children
Readers' stories: [244] - [251]
Product updates: Soul Pattinson Plain toothpaste;
Unlabelled sulphites in gluten free flours; Sulphite challenge with instant
mashed potato
Cooks Corner: Madeira cake, Andra's Chicken Noodle
Soup
February - March 2003 FAILsaf36.htm
Research: Boosting nutrition cuts prisoner
offences by more than a quarter - the Aylesbury study, MSG linked to eye
damage, Coeliac Disease more common that thought, Toxic Factor in Gluten
Identified, The cocktail effect: one ingredient makes the body more sensitive
to another ingredient
In brief: Prozac, Wine without hangover,
Unlabelled sulphites linked to cat's death
Readers' stories: [243] - [230]
Product updates: Sulphites in gluten free flours,
Sausage casings, Sanitarium So Good soymilk (fresh), Toothpaste
Cooks Corner: Chicken and leek frittata, Potato
crackers, Pear Clafoutis
November - December 2002 FAILsaf35.htm
Research: Food additives do cause behaviour changes
Food Intolerance and
depression
Brumby's bread preservative
petition
Changes to our Food
Standards Code
'Johnny can't read, sit
still or stop hitting the neightbour's kid. Why?'
Fast Food Nation
Artificial colours in
Sweden, Artificial colours in England
From the medical journals:
Tartrazine (102), Nitrates and Nitrites (249,252), Mental illness and
medication, Suicide and medication, Panadol
Readers' stories: Andrew
Driffield's quest for gold, Struggling with life, Ribonucleotides (635) strike
again, Panic attacks, Diet for learning disabilities
Product updates: Sanitarium
So Good soymilk, Arnott's biscuits, Pampas Spring Roll pastry failsafe. Nestle
Caramel Top N Fill, The Natural Confectionery Co (Binka's) Natural Snakes
check, ***Product Warning*** Lowan Whole Foods Kids Bytes Real Apple Fruit
Filling with Yoghurt Ribbons.
Cooks Corner: Tortillas
(Burritos), Frozen Rice Bubble Treats , Coleslaw , Tofu custard tart, Birthday
or Party 'cake', Sugar Cookies , Marshmallow slice
September - October 2002 FAILsaf34.htm
* The bread preservative
study
* Worst additive
competition results!!
* First do no harm
* New program for
under-achievers
* Research: Asthma induced
by benzoates in asthma medication, Sulphites and CP in very prem infants
* In brief, Readers’ stories
* Product updates: ***Warning*** All commercial breadcrumbs and
crumbed products, USA eggs.
* Around the groups,
getting in touch, talks, brochures
* Cook’s Corner: Chicken
schnitzel, carob cookies
June - July 2002 FAILsaf33.html
* Why school tuckshops
should ban artificial colours
* Worst additive
Competition ** Win a book!!
* WHO report on kids and
chemicals
* Chlorpyrifos ban in US
* Use of 635 spreads
* Lactobacillus GG does it
again
* Research: Carrageenan
(vegetable gum 407)