new jersey Governor Jon Corzine has signed into law P.L.2007, c.57, which calls on the New Jersey Department of Education to create food allergy management guidelines for schools, and calls on school districts to develop food allergy policies based on the Department of Education guidance. The new law also clarifies the procedures regarding carrying prescribed epinephrine at school, as well as training school staff members to administer epinephrine in cases where the school nurse is not available.

This developments is a result of the Food Allergy Initiative's (FAI) year-long work on this legislation and its partnership with the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Coalition of New Jersey (FAACNJ), a group of parents with food allergic children. FAI will be working with the New Jersey Department of Education and FAACNJ to come up with the food allergy management guidelines.

If you are based in NY, FAI also seeks your support to enact the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act (FAAMA) this year in New York State. Write and/or Call both your New York State Assemblymember and Senator, to request the bill to be heard in the Health Committee. For more info, see the FAI web page.