Most children can't wait to dig into the treats of Halloween.
Anxious kids can hardly wait for October's end so that they can
dress up in their favorite costume and go door-to-door
collecting tasty candies and goodies. But for the more than 3
million American children with food allergies, the treats can be
the trickiest of all. Just one bite of some types of candy can
be life-threatening. Ghost and goblins are not as scary to a
child with food allergy as is a hidden peanut, milk in a candy
product, or all sorts of treats without ingredient labels,
according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. About 100
Americans, usually children, die each year from food-induced
allergic reaction, according to the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Denise Bunning of Chicago has
two children with severe food allergies. Her son Bryan was
rushed to the hospital one year after eating a single gummy
worm, reported WMAQ-TV in Chicago. "The bulk container had
previously contained a chocolate nut, so just t