Fast Food and Nut Allergy Question

[bumbershoot]

According to the PDF chart you can get to from here, the only things with possible peanuts are the cookies.

I skimmed that article, and it's so sad. And I blame those stupid plastic gloves the world of food workers are wearing.

If the sandwich maker were not wearing gloves, they would have used a paper to pick up the cookie, then tossed the paper. Then, unless the paper leaked peanut through (usually those papers have wax on one side, don't they?) there would have been no problem.

I really hate the plastic glove thing. I see people doing things with those gloves on that they would never do if they were bare handed. They just forget that the gloves get stuff on them, and it's not like you can go wash your gloved hands easily.


OP, when your DD goes to Subway (even if not on these trips), you might have her look at the ingredients list: http://subway.com/subwayroot/MenuNutrition/Nutrition/frmUSIngredients.aspx

Since she is health conscious, she might want to be aware of the high fructose corn syrup in some of the breads, and make a different bread choice.



I think that McD's gets away with stuff b/c their nut ingredients are packaged. Of course, someone could easily get one of their sundaes, get on the bus, and open the pack of peanuts to pour on the soft serve, and whammo, the allergic girl is in trouble.

Wow, their "snack size fruit and walnut salad" has walnuts that are glazed using peanut oil. How brilliant on McD's part! Allergen info here.


I found the Burger King page that lists allergens (though don't ask me how I did it, what a confusing site!!!) and it looks like outside of the ham omelet (sandwich?), there's trouble with a couple desserts and the caramel sauce packet (for what I don't know), but mainly that they are processed with equipment that processes peanuts.

So McDs and BK aren't safe, but it seems that their unsafe things are packaged and harder to cross contaminate by workers. But if the kids BUY those things (and who would think a caramel package would contain peanut residue?), it could still cause problems for the girl.

I personally think that the parents of the girl need to think a bit harder about all of this...

 

[castleview]

Subway is a nightmare for cross-contamination. I don't know if they use a peanut based sauce, etc., but I couldn't take my daughter there because they use mayo (she is severely allergic to eggs) and they use the same knife all day long without washing it between sandwiches. They may drop it in a cup of water or wipe it off with a towel (or they may not, I've seen them cut several sandwiches in a row without stopping to do anything to the knife), but for a severe allergy that isn't good enough.
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I worked at Subway in college. One customer in particular asked us to use a plastic knife to cut her sandwich. We obliged, but the meat had been sliced on a metal slicer in the back.