Food Allergic? Be Our Guest.

Congratulations to Disney for being given the FAAN (Food Allergy and Anyphalaxis Network)Corporate Leadership Award. Disney was honored for "its commitment to food allergy awareness, education and management."

Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts accepted the award saying, "Our parks in the U.S. alone accommodated well over 400,000 special dietary requests from guests last year."

Fantastic! No wonder Disney feels like "the most magical place on earth". They really try to make everyone feel special; like an honored guest.

I hope to see other resorts, parks and restaurants rise to the challenge as well. Everyone should be able to eat safely every where.

Campbells Soup and several individuals were also honored at the Hollywood gala.

A huge thank you to all the winners. your efforts are much appreciated.

Food Allergy Awareness in the Restaurant Industry

Okay, it has a funny name...MenuTrinfo...but I like the concept. MenuTrinfo stands for Menu, Nutrition, Information. Their mission is to help the restaurant industry provide better and clearer nutrition information to restaurant patrons.

MenuTrinfo just announced a series of webinars, free and open to any interested party. The first one is Nov. 16  from 11-11:30 am EST. The topic is "Practical Approaches to Special Diets and Nutritional Labeling". Betsy Craig, MenuTrinfo’s founder, will focus on current dietary trends, food allergy management, status of menu nutritional labeling legislation and resources where restaurant owners can turn to for help.


Sign up on their website if you'd like to participate. Feel free to pass this information along to your favorite restaurant. Educating restaurants in the area of food allergy, safe food handling and nutrition labelling is a win-win for all of us.

Follow-up: Food Allergies and Disney

Remember my interview in April with Lissa, blog writer for RFAK (Raising Food Allergic Kids)? I wanted to let you know that Lissa has combined her passions for food allergies and Disney World to become an authorized Disney Vacation Planner.

She's started a new site, My Magic Journeys, to help Disney travelers plan the perfect vacation. Lissa's expertise is Disney travel for those with special dietary needs. She's done all the research and taken out all the worry.

Check out Lissa's site the next time you're considering an Adventures By Disney package, a trip to Disney World or Disneyland, or a Disney Cruise.

Watching your milk, egg and peanut allergic child eat at a Disney character meal...priceless!