Disclaimer

DRAFT: must be reviewed by a Canadian lawyer before launch.

Last updated: [DATE OF LAWYER-APPROVED VERSION]

The short version

This card is a communication aid created by a parent-support business. It is not medical advice and does not replace advice from your child's physician, allergist or dietitian. Always follow your child's own medical plan. In an emergency, call 911.

What our kits are

TellBite makes printable cards and sheets that help parents and guardians tell teachers, babysitters, caregivers and restaurant staff about their child's food needs. They are a communication tool.

What our kits are not

• Not medical advice. We are not physicians, allergists or dietitians, and nothing we provide is a diagnosis or treatment.
• Not an emergency action plan. Our cards contain no emergency treatment instructions. They point the reader to your child's own emergency action plan from their doctor and to 911.
• Not a promise of protection. A card cannot make any food, meal, place or person free of risk, and it does not protect any teacher, caregiver or restaurant from their own responsibilities.
• Not a food or restaurant rating. We do not test, certify or endorse any food, product or restaurant.

Who decides what goes on the card

The cards ship with blank fields. The parent or guardian fills in the child's foods to avoid, the signs of a reaction, and the contacts, all based on the child's own medical plan. We do not decide what any child can or cannot eat.

General information and sources

Where our kits include general information (for example, which grains contain gluten, or Canada's list of priority food allergens), it is short, general and cited to Canadian public sources: Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Food Allergy Canada and Celiac Canada. Rules and advice change, so check the original source and ask your child's health care providers.

Translations

Our Spanish content was translated carefully, and allergen and medical terms were flagged for review by a qualified person. If the English and Spanish versions differ, ask your child's care team which wording to use, and tell us so we can fix it.