The Child's Food Allergy Parents should provide the school with a doctor's explanation of the child's food allergy. This should include what the child is allergic to and what symptoms the child has during a reaction. Ask the parents to provide a list of words to look for on food labels. For example, if the child is allergic to milk, labels should be studied for words like casein and whey which are milk by-products.
Albumin is an egg by-product.
Prevent A Food Allergy Reaction Strict avoidance of the allergen is the only way to prevent a food allergy reaction. This protects children from trading their own allergen-free food items for a friend's potentially dangerous food item. Some schools set up allergen-free tables. This allows the child to sit at a table with friends who choose not to eat allergen-containing foods at that meal. There have been incidents of severe reactions caused by milk being splashed or spilled onto a milk-allergic child.