LOVE IT!
From: First Lego League
in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Arielle
Masters
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Team give aways
Or, in the spirit of Food Factor, give each food item out
with a label indicating the ways it's commonly contaminated or what it's
commonly contaminated with ;->
Canteloupe-theme? listeria!
Pork? trichonosis! Or melamine? (http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/2007/042407ContaminationSpreads.html)
Chicken? salmonella!
Wrapped candies/snack items? bits of plastic &
metal from the packing plant!
Arielle in NoVA
On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Phil Smith III wrote:
Yeah,
taking out the competition due to anaphylactic shock is NOT Gracious
Professionalism!
OTOH,
these aren’t tiny kids, and there’s usually food for sale that also
isn’t going to be vetted that carefully, so I’m not convinced this
is a reason to not take stuff.
Perhaps
in the spirit of Food Factor, clearly label things with ingredients.
From: First Lego League in
Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Lusco
Sent: Wednesday, October
05, 2011 11:12 AM
Another reason to avoid food in giveaways is that a fair percentage of participants have food allergies. Between nuts, peanuts, milk and wheat/gluten (4 of the most common allergies) you take out a lot of available food giveaways. Probably the only thing generally safe is pure sugars.
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