DOJ Forces College Menu Change: Food Allergy is a Disability

Judicial Watch ^ | October 17, 2013

[bgill]

I allergice to bees so I demand a fee paid by each and every bee keeper. I’m also develop reactions to snake venom. So next time all those government employees are taking a paid vacation, make them clear out the snakes. Ban ragweed while you’re at it and animal dander starting with those creatures on the Hill.

[Boogieman]

And an entirely new avenue for lawyers to get rich by suing pretty much any business in sight.

[SoCal Pubbie]

The ADA was one of the worst laws every passed. Left unchecked, it will lead to control of every aspect of your life worse than Obamacare. Boards of faceless bureaucrats issuing reams of regulations will dictate what you wear, what you eat, what vehicle you can drive, the colors you can use, everything. I am serious and I have first hand experience how it’s affecting art and design. Imagine closed captioning onscreen at every movie theater. Not being allowed to use certain colors in your home because it might confuse color blind people. It’s coming.

[nascarnation]

The local Gannett generipaper ran a (somewhat shocking!) series of articles about a young guy who was starting up a donut baking company.

He had been a baker and decided to go off on his own.
This was entirely wholesale and delivery, no customers on site at all.

He rented a cheap building, the first thing that happened was OSHA came in and made him spend 15 grand on handicap accessible male/female rest rooms.

His total staff was two other young guys...

[phalynx]

I don’t seem to be allergic to much of anything. I feel left out. That is a disability. I would like my check please.

[jazusamo]

I have no doubt at all you’re right, big brother will control every facet of Americans lives before many years.

[ridesthemiles]

WHY should the University have any kind of food service???

Op[en up all those facilities to private operators & let them deal with the DOJ.

[Rockingham]

I do not like the DOJ’s imperious action, but the essential cause — what we now know to be the relatively high prevalence of celiac disease and other forms of gluten sensitivity — is medically well-established. New FDA regulations and changing commercial practices have recently led to better labeling and more gluten free selections on grocery store shelves and in restaurants. The cost of compliance for the college is likely to be minimal and is in keeping with general practices elsewhere.

[bert]

or,a food allergy is a defect.

[MrB]

So the goal is obviously to keep entrepeneurs from entrepeneuring.

[Myrddin]

I saw a similar thing inflicted on a specialty "ice" skating facility. The floor was plastic wiped with silicone oil. I didn't enjoy skating on it, but the young ice hockey players found it suitable. The facility was required to install handicapped accessible bathrooms and showers for males and females. The only users of the facilities were young male hockey players. After a considerable investment in the facility, it was simply cheaper to shut the doors vs complying with the asinine requirement.

[Myrddin]

My company cafeteria makes no effort to have gluten or dairy free choices. I'm on my own to figure that out. Packaged soft drinks are safe. Bananas are OK. Occasionally some rice. Most of the rest of the offerings are contaminated with wheat or milk. I bring my own lunch most of the time. Chili's has a great Caribbean salad with grilled chicken. Remove the chopped red bell pepper bits and it is a great gluten free salad. They get my business most evenings. I had to give up on the grilled chicken Mexican caesar salad at El Torito's. My lungs are gurgling before I can finish the salad. Too bad. It is very tasty.

I don't force my problems on my food suppliers. The suppliers that provide what I like without making me sick get repeat business. The others lose out.

[dennisw]

Obviously way too many fat asses and AA hires (the groups overlap) sitting around with nothing to do in the DOJ Civil Right Division so they sic them on Lesley College for the gluten eaters...or is it the non gluten eaters?

[dennisw]

I am not going to bother you about your gluten but how the heck was European civilization built on bread as “the staff of life”? How did our ancestors eat bread without any ill effect for a few thousand years? My theory is certain people have a problem with wheat and gluten not due to gluten but due to other things going on that our ancestors did not have. And that we don’t have either if we do certain things

[Myrddin]

My ancestry is 50% Irish. Gluten intolerance is common. Undetected it leads to infant deaths labeled “failure to thrive”. My milk intolerance was spotted quickly as an infant. Soy based formula solved the problem. That is still what I drink at age 57. My father had no gluten issues and echoed your “staff of life” remark. The increased incidence
may be due to changes in farming practices.

[dennisw]

Thanks. I cannot prove causality but I think junk food eating and processed food eating in general can lead to gluten intolerance. It messes up their system and makes their system “sensitive” and “allergic” to things they never were.IOW they are not exactly victims of gluten intolerance. They made themselves this way

Not in all people but in some. And it can be undone. Lactose intolerance is different because huge groups of people are born with it in varying degrees with certain orientals being known for it. But the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are scarfing down pizza pies these days. The oriental (NE Asian) lactose intolerance varies from person to person.

[Myrddin]

The tips of the cilia in the small intestine make lactase. In the gluten intolerant, the cilia tips are damaged first. That presents as lactose intolerance...my specific issue with fresh milk. Avoiding gluten long enough can permit recovery of the cilia and resolution of the lactose intolerance. If you have casein problems, the cleavage of casein to beta casomorphin can pass through a leaky gut and bind to receptors in the brain. That presents as narcotic intoxication. My project manager’s wife has that complication to her gluten intolerance.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

There’s no bread; let them eat (gluten-free) cake
There’s no end to what they’ll take

The ADA has officially jumped the shark. Time to get rid of it.

Nanny State PING!

[elkfersupper]

I have an allergy to fat, pushy chicks of any ethnicity.

Am I going to be accommodated?

[Alamo-Girl]

Jeepers ... thanks for the ping!