The 2023 Allergy Award Nominations Are Open!

2023 National Food Allergy Awards For the 7th year in a row, AllerTrain® by MenuTrinfo® proudly presents National Recognition Awards for the best of the best in food allergy accommodations. From Training, Innovation, Champion to…

Building Inclusion Through Campus Dining

The Princeton Review names MenuTrinfo® clients: U Mass-Amherst, Cornell, Vanderbilt, and more in the Top 25 Best Campus Food List with Great Tasting Food and Allergy Awareness The Princeton Review recently released their “The Best…

Why Would You Want Stock Epi?

Photo Credit: Early Years Hub Have you learned (or taught) the Hiemlich manoever, learned CPR, learned about Narcan, or read the directions on the AED at your workplace or gym?  If you have, you may…

Stock Epi: A Life Saving Solution!

Epinephrine being adminstered. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock For a long time, only a few states allowed food service establishments to stock epinephrine onsite. Now, more states allow it than not. The School Access to Emergency…

Ten Things You Should Do Regarding Sesame

With Sesame becoming the 9th Major Allergen, here are ten things you should know about the changes being made. Sesame is the fastest growing allergy in the United States, affecting 1.5 million people. It’s commonamong…

Have an Allergy-Free Holiday!

[Updated from a previous article] Photo Credit: SeventyFour via AdobeStock How to Accommodate Allergy Needs While Hosting the Holidays Food allergies are continuing to rise and the food service industry is accommodating theneeds more today…

Sesame Joins FDA’s Major Allergens List

[Updated from a previous article] Sesame is now joining the other top allergens, going into effect January 1st, 2023. On April 23, 2021, the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act was signed…

FDA Submits Proposal for Healthy Labeling

The FDA recently proposed major changes to its definition of ‘healthy,’ aiming to makethe term coincide with current Nutrition Facts labeling and better reflect current dietary science.The current requirements for ‘healthy,’ which were established in…