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== Advocacy == |
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FAI played a role in passing the Food Allergen Labeling & Consumer Protection Act of 2004<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/foodAllergy/research/ReportFoodAllergy.htm | title = Report of the NIH Expert Panel on Food Allergy Research | accessdate = 12-10-2008| year = 2006| work = | publisher = National Institute of Alergy and Infectious Diseases }}</ref> |
FAI played a role in passing the Food Allergen Labeling & Consumer Protection Act of 2004 <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/foodAllergy/research/ReportFoodAllergy.htm | title = Report of the NIH Expert Panel on Food Allergy Research | accessdate = 12-10-2008| year = 2006| work = | publisher = National Institute of Alergy and Infectious Diseases }}</ref> |
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== Education and Patient Services == |
== Education and Patient Services == |
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Revision as of 05:23, 11 December 2008
| File:Logo fai.gif Food Allergy Initiative logo | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1998 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
| Website | http://www.faiusa.org |
The Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1998 with the mission to fund food allergy research that seeks a cure, to improve diagnosis and treatment, and to keep patients safe through advocacy and education. As of 2008, FAI has raised more than $40 million[1] towards these goals.
Research
FAI abides by guidelines set forth by the National Institutes of Health in the Report of the NIH Expert Panel on Food Allergy Research[2] by striving to increase:
- The number of researchers and research projects that focus on food allergy
- The number of institutions with food allergy clinical programs
- The number of fellows and physicians trained to treat food-allergic patients
- The amount of government funding allocated to food allergy research
FAI has sponsors food allergy research across the United States at institutions such as Harvard Medical School, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University.
Advocacy
FAI played a role in passing the Food Allergen Labeling & Consumer Protection Act of 2004 [3]
Education and Patient Services
FAI works with the media, health care workers, camps, restaurants, food manufacturers, and education and childcare professionals to increase awareness of food allergies and anaphylaxis. Some of the prominent restaurateurs (and restaurants) that have worked with FAI include:
- David Bouley (Bouley)
- Daniel Boulud (Daniel)
- Thomas Keller (French Laundry, Per se (restaurant))
- Sirio Maccioni (Le Cirque)
- Danny Meyer (Union Square Hospitality Group)
- Drew Nieporent (Myriad Restaurant Group)
- Jacques Pépin
- Alain Sailhac
- André Soltner (French Culinary Institute)
- Marcus Samuelsson (Acquavit)
- Alex von Bidder and Julian Niccolini (The Four Seasons Restaurant)
- ^ "About FAI". Food Allergy Initiative. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "Report of the NIH Expert Panel on Food Allergy Research". National Institute of Alergy and Infectious Diseases. 2006. Retrieved 12-10-2008.
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