Maybe It's Dishonest

By Belinda Long⁽²³¹⁾
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Food Allergies & Fast Food Restaurants! A review on McDonalds

Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 (127 days 5 hours ago.)

Mcdonalds. It has become the Toys R Us of Fast food for children. But is it safe for children with food allergies? The answer is no.

Unfortunately, despite the recent elevation of food allergies in kids, it seems fast food companies have forgotten about the food allergic community. McDonalds is on the top of the list of fast food places that fail to recognize food allergies.

I have a 5 year old allergic to dairy. Naturally I went right to McDonalds website to see what products they made did not contain dairy. We have settled on getting a hamburger happy meal with an apple juice juicebox and apple dippers with no caramel dip. I am very careful to inform whomever is taking my order that my child has food allergies and stating plainly that he cannot have anything else. However, on several different occasions, at several different McDonalds, I have experienced flawed service.

On one occasion, I got home with McDonalds only to find that they had put fries in his bag. When I contacted McDonalds, a very brave employee actually grumped out the comment "What do you want me to do about it?" On another saidoccasion, at a different McDonalds, the lady taking my order informed me that she was out of Apple Dippers. When I requested that they substitute the Apple Dippers for an apple pie (also dairy free), due to my sons allergy to dairy, the clerk retorted that she had never heard anything about dairy being in thier french fries and refused to substitute.

I realize that if you don't know someone with food allergies, you probably won't know much about them. Alternatively, I believe that if you work in the food industry, you should make it your business to know about them. Even employess of fast food restaurants should either know, or have a reference they can refer too.

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