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Protecting Children with Food Allergies Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced
Summary
Food allergy training for local school food service staff would be added to the Child Nutrition Act's required training modules. The bill would require training to cover best practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to food-related allergic reactions and would adjust the certification framework to include that content.
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- Children and families: Children with food allergies would face lower risk at school because cafeteria staff must learn prevention and emergency response best practices.
- Food service personnel: Local school food service staff would be required to complete training that covers prevention, recognition, and response to allergic reactions.
- School nutrition programs: School nutrition programs would need to update their training modules and certification frameworks to include the new food allergy content.
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Food allergy training for school staff
If enacted, the bill would require local school food service workers to get training on food allergies. The training would cover best practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to allergic reactions. Certifiers would need to add the new food-allergy topic into the required certification coursework. If enacted, this would likely improve safety for children and help families who use school meal programs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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