Today there was a CNN news report of a child that passed away from a food allergy: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/31/health/california-peanut-allergy-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This is one of the reasons were are adamant about taking a detailed allergy history when we see our patients. Below you will a recent article on this very topic in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).