After further research and thought, I now no longer feel this is safe. The reason is because the distance between the cookies and the sandwich prep area is too small. This can (and certainly does) lead to a worker grabbing a peanut butter cookie and then returning the sandwich prep area with the same gloves on. Of course this is still "sanitary" but the "peanutty" glove will then enter the lettuce, bread, meats, and cheese areas. These peanut crumbs have the potential to spread all over the prep area, causing it to be very unsafe for a PA kid.
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There is good news however. A reader gave me this link to Cici's Pizza. Here is what their website says, "None of our products contain peanuts, peanut oil or are processed in a plant that processes nuts." Yeah! This is probably the only buffet I will ever endorse. I'm not a big fan of Cici's personally (I lived on it in grad school when I could eat for under $3) but I have to admit it is tempting to add this to our restaurant rotation just so Tyler gets to experience a buffet. (Buffets scare me, check out this post to see why)
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I will be revisiting this list frequently and double checking to make sure the locations are still listed as "safe." When I make any changes to this list, I will post them so my readers are aware.
4 comments:
That is interesting. I have yet to come across a pizza place with such information here. I wonder if they are going by the labels on ingredients or whether they have actually confirmed with the suppliers.
Re: eating at restaurants. Something interesting I had not been aware of--I received a comment that California Pizza Kitchen has an allergen listing for its menu. Kudos to them! Still--they have peanuts in some entrees and desserts. I believe Outback has no peanuts or peanut oil anywhere--that sounds pretty good...
Ever since the peanut allergy diagnosis, I don't enjoy eating out anymore b/c it's too scary!
Thank You for recommending this website to me! I feel so overwhelmed and confused, but this is great place to start because you are mom that cares! I never even considered the subway contamination scenerio- it looks like i will have to begin thinking a NEW way!
I totally agree that Subway is not safe for pn/tn allergic children. I had considered it safe as well. But my son ended up reacting after a bite of a pizza they had on the menu. (Yes, some stores have pizza on the menu!) Anyways, he said it tasted 'wrong' to my mom and did indeed react. We went by the store later on to double check their allergen list. The kid working called corporate while I waited. I sat and watched a kid, totally gloved up properly, get out a cookie... and then, with the same gloves on, started a sandwich. I contacted Subway and requested they do proper allergy training with staff. They sent me a form letter to say they were taking my 'concerns' seriously. I never heard back from them. It was a total form letter. I will never buy their food every again. And found their customer service to be sadly lacking. :(
Have you considered the Subways that don't carry peanut butter cookies? Would they still be safe to eat at? My local Subway doesn't carry them and we enjoy eating there.
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