Food Allergy Information Package

This page was reviewed or revised on Tuesday, August 25, 2009.

Fact Sheets

Dear Teachers and Parents:

Because of the demand for information about food allergies, particularly in the school setting, the Community Health Services has put together an information package called "Food Allergy Facts". The kit contains fact sheets on the following topics:

• About Food Allergies and Intolerances - revised August 2005
• Anaphylaxis in the School
• Food Allergy Glossary - How to identify allergens in product labels
• Peanut Allergy in a Nutshell
• Peanut-Free Lunches
• Identifying Peanut-Free Products - revised June 2002

These fact sheets were developed by a team of registered dietitians, public health nurses, public health inspectors and health promotion professionals and contain the most current information available.

The Food Allergy Facts package is also available on the internet at the Community Health Services Web Site: www.lambtonhealth.on.ca and may be viewed and downloaded as a html file (see above) or as a PDF file (dated July, 2002, 15 pages and 824 KB).

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The Health Unit Web Site also posts consumer Food Safety Alerts for food products that have been recalled because of food allergens that have not been declared on the product label. Please feel free to photocopy and distribute these fact sheets - either individually or as a package - for distribution to teachers, parents and other caregivers. For more information on food allergies and anaphylaxis, contact the Community Health Services at 519-383-8331 or toll-free at 1-800-667-1839.