Food Allergy News and Tropical Smoothie Celebrates Milestone

7 Min Read By MRM Staff

Today's serving includes a dramatic increase in anaphylactic food reactions, a product for onsite food safety testing and Tropical Smoothie achieves magic 100 milestone. 

Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

The Growing Concern of Food AllergiesPrivate insurance claim lines with diagnoses of anaphylactic food reactions rose 377 percent from 2007 to 2016, according to data from FAIR Health, a national, independent, nonprofit organization. Consulting its database of over 23 billion privately billed healthcare procedures, FAIR Health investigated food allergies and anaphylaxis, a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that certain foods, as well as other substances, can induce in susceptible individuals. FAIR Health released its initial findings in an infographic and plans to issue a more expansive white paper on the subject in the coming months.

Analyzing claim lines (the individual procedures or services listed on an insurance claim)…