Dear all,
Around 6 moths ago, Pembroke Catering took the decision to
remove all peanuts and tree nuts from our kitchens and menus. We also took the
added steps of a.) asking our suppliers to no longer send us items such as
sandwiches, pastries and ready made foods containing nuts, and b.) we found a
source for herbs and spices ( a product range rife with disclaimers) that
were labelled as ‘not containing nuts or traces of nuts’ .
We have been reluctant to ‘shout’ about this change for
several reasons:
1) It
only takes one member of staff whom is not paying attention to order an
inappropriate ingredient or food item.
2) Our
suppliers can make mistakes.
3) We
are far too aware how difficult it can be to police the vast amount of
ingredients we purchase.
4) This
change has not been adopted by Café Pembroke, managed by Ken Smith.
5) We
still have products with ‘may contain traces of nuts’ disclaimers.
6) I
do not want the catering staff to be any less diligent than when we did use
nuts.
Taking these reasons into account, I do believe that our
kitchens are a far safer place for allergy sufferers to dine, but I
would always advise students to check labelling of non-Pembroke products
and ask for assurances from staff if they are in any doubt. We will continue to
be vigilant and label any food in doubt with warnings.
Items that we have not removed from the kitchens and may be
of some concern are:
·
All seeds- sesame, pine nuts (a type of seed),
sunflower seeds and sesame oil.
If you are allergic to any of these items, or other
ingredients not listed, could you please contact me so I can discuss your needs
further, and to ensure the catering staff are made aware?
Kind Regards,
Mr David Harwood
Catering Manager
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