I remember reading an article awhile back involving australia and meat intolerances there that they felt were related to ? ticks.  Perhaps the animals make antibiodies to the tick and people are reacting to that. ?

Additional research on this subject will show that this is happening in many states other than Virginia and that it has been happening for years.  What I find interesting is that none of the research ever states whether these patients have been tested and/or treated for lyme disease.

We are a family of four with chronic lyme disease.  We also have three family members with various food allergies including one with EE and one with all the symptoms of EE that cleared up after starting treatment for lyme disease.