These days, diners are more attuned to what’s in their food when eating out, whether they’re allergic to peanuts, seafood, or have a sensitivity to gluten. Restaurants and the food service industry in general have responded in kind by asking patrons about their allergies when they sit down to eat.
Legal experts and observers say that this has more to do with businesses responding to public sway than it does with food allergy lawsuits—which they note are difficult to prosecute because of the difficulty of proving that food servers should have known about a particular customer’s risk for an allergic reaction.
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