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An Ontario parent says the list of allergenic foods prohibited from his daughter’s Grade 1 class is so long that it has become almost impossible to make a nutritious lunch in the morning.

Fearing the risk of anaphylactic shock among one of its students, the Toronto-area school has made a list of prohibited snacks, including peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, sesame seeds, melon, avocado and all dairy products.

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Tony Perfetto has taken to making jelly or margarine sandwiches for his seven-year-old daughter. “It’s just a little bit of jelly with two pieces of bread, for now. But how long before gluten is banned? Because everybody and their brother is allergic to that now,” he said.

In a note sent home by Vaughan’s St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic School in September, parents were advised: “Please note that of these allergens, the dairy allergy is of the greatest concern, as the student will have an allergic reaction upon skin contact of dairy. … Some example of foods that contain dairy are milk, chocolate milk, yogurt, chocolate products, cheese strings, cheese in sandwiches/burgers/pasta and goldfish cheese crackers.”