Staff proposes nut-free policy for Fairfield-Suisun schools – Daily Republic

By Ryan McCarthy

Nutrition services for the Fairfield-Suisun School District won’t serve food with peanut products at any school if a proposed policy wins approval Thursday.

“Peanuts are the leading cause of potentially life-threatening food allergies,” states a sample policy before trustees, “and ingesting, touching or even inhaling a derivative of a nut-based product can result in severe reactions or death for those who suffer from peanut allergies.

”Six to 8 percent of children younger than 4 and 4 percent of those older than 10 are affected, according to the proposed policy that also doesn’t allow peanuts and peanut derivative products in preschools and elementary schools.

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