1.  Not according to food-allergy advocacy groups and allergy doctors, who say eliminating offending foods is not the best strategy for handling the threat.

2.  Parents, and children when they are old enough, will have to become compulsive label readers to avoid the offending foods.

3.  The mere sight of the offending food, even an innocent tuna sandwich, say, can evoke memories that make a diner look elsewhere for lunch.

4.  Neagle said the offending food was a frozen pizza, which he had forgotten had thawed in a malfunctioning refrigerator several days before he consumed the food Monday night.

5.  The condition is usually managed by avoiding or limiting the offending foods.