H. Res. 982 (Introduced in House) — Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual “National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day” to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of severe food allergies among children.

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

supports the designation of the first annual “National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day”;

(2)

recognizes—

(A)

the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for funding the initial food allergy prevention research through the Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) trial; and

(B)

the advocacy community for its work to educate parents about food allergy prevention;

(3)

encourages health care providers, the public health community, businesses, individuals, and Federal, State, and local governments, to work together to raise awareness of food allergy prevention to reduce the number of individuals in the United States who have severe food allergies; and

(4)

encourages State and Federal health agencies to further expand research in food allergy prevention and into how we can dramatically reduce food allergies in the United States.

Designating May 28, 2020, as the first annual “National Food Allergy Prevention Awareness Day” to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of severe food allergies among children.

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