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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — A near miss drove a family to create a new app that helps those with allergies stay aware of FDA warnings.

Tim Mussmon’s son, Owen, was only two when he and his wife realized their son was allergic to peanuts and tree nuts.

Every since then they have been keeping up with allergy alerts anywhere they can get them.

The family said the FDA diligently sends out emails on contaminations, food recalls and food allergies, which they would have to sift through daily.

Despite their best efforts, one slipped by them earlier this year.

A set of bagels the family bought and planned to eat the following morning had been recalled after being contaminated with peanuts.

Not wanting to go through that experience again, the family set out to find an easier, but efficient way to gather all of the information they needed to keep their son safe.

That’s when they came up with the app AlertMe.

According to Local 21 in Pennsylvania, the app sifts through all of the warnings and searches for specific keywords that the user pre-selects.

These can include allergies to wheat and gluten, dairy, peanuts, seafood, and soy among other things.

When it finds an alert you should know about, the app is designed to send a notification to your phone.

The app is for sale online through the App Store and on Google Play.

You can also find it here.

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