I am deathly allergic to peanuts and peanut products..what can I do about this issue?

Question

I called my school about not putting peanuts or nuts in the vending machines because I am deathly allergic. They said that there was nothing that they could do about it because they had a contract with a company. There is this girl in school who is allergic to latex and we're not allowed to bring anything in the school that contains latex. I don't think it's fair that the school chooses to protect her and not me. I can pretty much almost die if I even touch anything with nuts in it. Are they breaking any laws or ordinances by doing this?

The school is in Texas

Answer 1

i am allergic to the same thing. the best thing to do is not eat any food from the vending machines. just ask around when its lunch time.

Answer 2

Most of the time vending machines are fine, but just stay away to be safe.  There's really not much else to do. The school does have a contract that they must abide by, so you have to take responsibility for staying away from what you are allergic to.

  

I know its hard ( I have the same allergies as you do) ...

Why don’t you check out http://www.faanteen.org/  

There are alot of good support articles on the website.

Good Luck, stay safe.