The cover illustration pertaining to ‘Food allergy: Riding the second wave of the allergic epidemic’ for the 2011 March issue of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology has been removed. This cover image was prepared in February, and the Editors and Publisher apologize if readers found it to be open to misinterpretation. We would like to assure all readers that there is absolutely no intent to cause any discomfort with regard to the unfortunate disaster in Japan.