Keywords

campus dining, food allergies, allergies, gvsu, food allergy research and education, disability, aramark

Disciplines

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition | Food Security | Higher Education

Mentor

Coeli Fitzpatrick

Abstract

GVSU is failing its students with food allergies by not providing the proper accommodations in Campus Dining facilities. This paper provides the experience of two students with food allergies' struggle to eat at GVSU, then takes a brief look into the Americans with Disabilities Act to show the issues and why they need to be fixed. This is followed by a comparison of GVSU's dining program and the highest ranked food allergy safety university, MSU. Using MSU's program as a framework, multiple solutions, such as creating stable meal options and displaying ingredients online, are provided to create a Campus Dining program that is safer and more accommodating to students with food allergies.

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