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We sometimes have a child visit our home who has a peanut allergy, but it makes me nervous. His mom also does not send an epi pen with him. I'm wondering if I should start insisting on that. I can't guarantee everything in our home doesn't have any cross-contamination with peanuts.
Absolutely insist if that child has an allergy bad enough to have a prescription EpiPen!
Of course its a cleaning product. What else would it be?
Yes it is. I would assume it came from the cleaning isle too? Don't know what it has to do with the cookies...
But, the packages are clearly marked. I don't understand why the teen ate them and why she didn't carry her EpiPen.
I know I personally have bitten into something that was supposed to be nut free and have had an immediate reaction. So soon that I spit the food out as soon as it touched my mouth, and I still had to use an EpiPen. Only those who are truly allergic would know what it feels like so maybe it's just me but maybe one of you can understand why she actually "ate" it?...because I can't.
I also don't take chances. It's not worth it, it's just food. You can ruin your whole day/night just by having to use your EpiPen because when you do, you have to go to the ER. Not worth it!
Absolutely insist if that child has an allergy bad enough to have a prescription EpiPen!
Well, I thought peanuts were life threatening so it does seem strange that he doesn't have the epi pen with him at all times. The parents will even call me when he's over here to remind me not to give anything with peanuts in it.
Well, I thought peanuts were life threatening so it does seem strange that he doesn't have the epi pen with him at all times. The parents will even call me when he's over here to remind me not to give anything with peanuts in it.
That scares me. What if he accidentally ate something. His EpiPen could save his life. He should always have one on him and at the very least the parents should give you one to keep at your house if he is over that much.
Doubtful. I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure there will be labeling on the package to warn people with allergies that the product was made in a plant that shares equipment that is also used to process products made with peanuts.
Doubtful. I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure there will be labeling on the package to warn people with allergies that the product was made in a plant that shares equipment that is also used to process products made with peanuts.
You are not mistaken.
If anything the warning labels go to the extreme. It is the responsibility of the person who is allergic to avoid any foods that might cause a reaction. I get so tired of people blaming others for something they are responsible for.
I have food allergies. That does not give me the right to dictate what you can or can not eat at lunch just because I am in the same cafeteria as you.
The only issue I have had is that, in school, they did not want me to carry my EpiPen on my person. They wanted me to go to the school nurse "if I needed to use it". Yeah, right. My parents made sure I had one on me at all times.
In looking more at the packaging, while the ultimate fault lies with the girl, I can totally see now where someone would make a mistake in grabbing a cookie from a package that they were familiar with from the past. Just one of those tragic things that happen in the blink of an eye, that has terrible consequences. Hopefully it will be a learning experience for others, which is why I now think it is good for the mother to warn others. There are many horrible things in life that have happened for the first time (like the kid who suffocated to death in the back seat of a Honda minivan), but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be safeguards in place in the future to prevent it from ever happening again. Yeah, I know, I get it, we can blame the mother/daughter here (like I did), but that doesn't mean nothing should be done.
I disagree. You and I might do that without thinking. We don't have allergies to common ingredients that will kill us. Someone who does needs to be more diligent.
She didn't look.
She didn't read.
She was 15, not five.
She ate cookies, a product notorious for containing nuts that would kill her.
She didn't carry her medicine.
Her mother told her that "red packaged cookies" were safe. (What a stupid thing to say!)
There were plenty of safeguards in place. That wrapping has peanut butter cups all over it, even in the cookie photo. All the girl had to do was look.
Of course its a cleaning product. What else would it be?
To a child it would look like a bottle of juice. It looked like that to me, I just happen to know what Fabuloso is.
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