TORONTO, May 4, 2016 /CNW/ - May is Food Allergy Awareness Month, which calls attention to this potentially life-threatening condition. Approximately 2.5 million Canadians have food allergies, a recent Ipsos survey conducted for Enjoy Life Foods revealed that 40% of Canadians know someone with a life-threatening food allergy1.
In Canada, 6% of people suffer from a life-threatening food allergy. Among those who do, 73% are nervous that when they don't prepare food for themselves, it could contain something that could cause an allergic reaction2.
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1 Ipsos (2016) "Four in Ten (40%) Canadians Know Someone with a Life-Threatening Food Allergy
2 Ibid.
SOURCE Enjoy Life Foods
Image with caption: "Enjoy Life Foods products are Certified Gluten-Free and Non-GMO Project Verified and free-from the 12 priority food allergens, identified as wheat, gluten, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, mustard, sulphites, egg, sesame, soy, fish, crustaceans and shellfish. Enjoy Life Foods is available at mass and health food retailers throughout the country. Visit www.enjoylifefoods.ca (CNW Group/Enjoy Life Foods)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20160504_C5609_PHOTO_EN_681713.jpg
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