Toulouse. She has an allergy in the canteen: the town hall app did not report the peanuts
Through Thibaut Calatayud
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The taste week will have a bitter taste for this student. Monday, October 11, 2021, a child attending Toulouse had an allergic reaction after eating in the canteen. Originally ? Mafé chicken stir-fry served in preschools and elementary schools in the Pink City.
The mafé causes him an allergic reaction
“My daughter reacted because she was served a peanut butter chicken while she has a individualized reception project (PAI) in place for a serious allergy to peanuts ”, testifies Michel *, the father of this child educated in an elementary school of the hypercentre of Toulouse.
Aware of the allergies of his offspring, he monitors each morning the allergens present in the menus served in the canteen on the application “Who says yum! “ of the town hall of Toulouse. Problem, peanut butter was not mentioned in the box of ingredients at risk of this mafé …
“Even today, there are errors on the application! This is the exotic week, probably THE most important week for allergies, ”warns Michel to Toulouse news.
Peanuts were not clearly marked
In the application “Qui dit yum!” », For the October 11 menu, allergens are specified for pizza, cheese and bread. On the other hand, nothing is reported for the chicken stir-fry.
When consulting the details of the ingredients that make up this dish, it is specified that it contains peanut butter. However, this problematic ingredient is not not highlighted by the application.
“She was squirming in pain”
“We were lucky…, says the father of the family after this fright. As she was already not feeling very well, my daughter only ate a small piece of chicken. It was all the same enough to cause him strong stomach aches ”.
“She was squirming in pain. The school called me then. They thought it was gastro, but I knew right away that it was an allergic reaction. That’s where it was. I looked at the list of ingredients and saw the words ‘peanut butter’ “.
Fortunately, if the stomach pains were severe, the allergic reaction is still weak. An injection of adrenaline was not necessary. More fear than harm then, but Michel regrets this mishap.
An algorithm problem
“Normally, there are no peanuts in the dishes. Is there any point in choosing to take a risk during taste week? Especially since we do this without the teams to be very vigilant to the PAI, ”he pleaded.
Solicited by Toulouse news, the Toulouse town hall regrets this incident and expresses its “Relaxation” after the recovery of this student.
“The services noted that the allergens of the new recipes created as part of the taste week, were not identified by the algorithms of the application. The services of the town hall are working to correct this”.
While waiting for a correction in the coming days, the municipality recommends that parents of students, whose food allergies are known, to consult the display of allergenic products in front of the establishment or to carefully check the list of ingredients on the application “Qui dit miam!” “.
The first name has been changed to maintain anonymity.
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