Supporting the designation of May 28, 2021, as "National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of severe food allergies among children.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 447 Supporting the designation of May 28, 2021, as ‘‘National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day’’ to raise awareness and encourage the preven- tion of severe food allergies among children. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 28, 2021 Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. MORELLE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Supporting the designation of May 28, 2021, as ‘‘National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day’’ to raise aware- ness and encourage the prevention of severe food aller- gies among children. Whereas 32,000,000 Americans live with food allergies, in- cluding many that are life-threatening, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the prev- alence of food allergies in children increased by 50 per- cent between 1997 and 2011; Whereas food allergies have an enormous impact on quality of life for the 1 in 13 children who develop a severe food allergy, and one-third of children over the age of 5 with allergies are bullied for their allergy; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 May 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR447.IH HR447 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 447 IH Whereas there is an annual cost to families in the United States of nearly $25,000,000,000 per year, not including the impact to quality of life; Whereas many children who develop a food allergy do not have a family history of food allergies, and therefore the family is much less aware of the life-changing con- sequences of developing a food allergy and the need for food allergy prevention; Whereas research has shown that early introduction has shown promise in reducing the impact of food allergies in studies where parents feed peanuts and eggs, allergenic foods, to their babies as early as 4 to 6 months of age; Whereas the 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published by the Department of Agriculture and the De- partment of Health and Human Services, and medical guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases already recommend early allergen introduction to help prevent food allergies; and Whereas the FASTER Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–11) highlights sesame as an important allergenic food, and prioritizes food allergy research opportunities to examine prevention and develop more effective treatment, and ul- timately, a cure: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Food 2 Allergy Prevention Awareness Day’’; 3 (2) recognizes— 4 (A) the National Institutes of Health and 5 the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 May 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR447.IH HR447 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 447 IH Diseases for funding the initial food allergy pre- 1 vention research through the Learning Early 2 About Peanut Allergy trial; and 3 (B) the advocacy community for its work 4 to educate parents about food allergy preven- 5 tion; 6 (3) encourages health care providers, the public 7 health community, businesses, individuals, and Fed- 8 eral, State, and local governments, to work together 9 to raise awareness of food allergy prevention to re- 10 duce the number of individuals in the United States 11 who have severe food allergies; and 12 (4) encourages State and Federal health agen- 13 cies to further expand research in food allergy pre- 14 vention and into how we can dramatically reduce 15 food allergies in the United States. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 May 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR447.IH HR447 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS