Doctor rejects health shop tests ‘racketeering’

THE HSE’s only medical allergist has accused health food shops and websites that offer allergy tests to the public of “racketeering and opportunism”.

Internationally, hospital admissions for food allergies among children have risen by 500% in the past 20 years – with doctors admitting they don’t know what is driving the increase.

However, in Ireland, we have no idea about the extent of allergies due to an absence of postgraduate allergist training for medical doctors.