Peanut free tables seem like they make everything alright at school lunches, but they actually make lunch much harder for me in the past. It is easy for a school to struggle over making a peanut free table safe. “No nuts” at my peanut free table became “no cross contaminated foods.” Then the school said “no bagged lunches.” Soon, I was sitting alone with no one to sit with, watching all the other kids talk and have fun. Now, instead of a peanut free table, I use wet wipes and wipe down the table. Then I can regulate what food comes to the table, instead of the school doing it for me. This is also safer, because I can verify that the table has been wiped down. With a peanut free table, the lunch ladies try to wipe the table down for you, but I do not know if they could have used a cross contaminated sponge. I also know that it is clean, because the lunch ladies are busy and sometimes forget to wipe down the table. If it is only a peanut free table for your lunch out of several lunch periods, that could be problem. I have been much more successful without a peanut free table.
The False Security
Posted by Benjamin on May 4, 2012
https://allergyservicedog.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/the-false-security/
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