My grandson (aged 10) is travelling to France on a camping holiday. He has a severe nut allergy to several nut types. Can anybody tell us if food over there has nut warnings, and offer any advice on travelling and eating in France for a person with allergies.
2007-07-10 01:52:40 · 5 answers · asked by homehusband 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Allergies
My grandson (aged 10) is travelling to France on a camping holiday. He has a severe nut allergy to several nut types. Can anybody tell us if food over there has nut warnings, and offer any advice on travelling and eating in France for a person with allergies. He always carries an epipen. Does anybody have any knowledge of french allergy labelling?
2007-07-10 21:29:50 · update #1
You can key in nut allergy translation cards and will find many who charge a fortune (not sure if you are uk or us). However this site supposedly provides the info for free. There is another site I used myself before which had them on the page but I cannot find it now.
https://www.menudata.com/index.php?page=home&mdlang=7&PHPSESSID=5ae85012b75fae3fdd01cd9c2b635639
Hope this helps
2007-07-10 08:20:44 · answer #1 · answered by annemeiko 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is illegal not to have allergy warnings on foods, however, if food is homemade etc, it may be harder to tell. I would suggest keeping a note on him that says I have a severe nut allergy in french, although this may not be necessary as English is widely spoke in France, its best to be safe than sorry.
I think 'j'ai une allergie de noix' means I have a nut allergy.
'Contient des noix ? ' means 'Contains nuts?'
I would also suggest that an Epipen or any other medication is at hand at all times.
2007-07-16 01:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by fairyyy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always carry a EpiPen which injects adrenaline if i have a reaction, thankfully i have not used it yet but i also have a anaphylactic shock box which has antihistamine and steroid tablets. My advice is not to travel without a these especially a EpiPen.
I have been to France alot and when i eat anywhere in the world I always ask if there are nuts in the food or if the food has been fried in nut oil
2007-07-10 02:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by posh 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could give him a note, carefully written in French, which explains his allergy, and then he could show this note to every waiter and waitress.??
2007-07-10 01:58:31 · answer #4 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
teach him a simple sentence in French, i am allergic to nuts, plus an email from you reminding all teaches attending as well as the head teacher
2007-07-10 02:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by Powerpuffgeezer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋