• Clayton’s new policy is centered around restricting the presence of peanuts and tree nuts and products containing peanuts and tree nuts. But what are tree nuts? Tree nuts include, but are not limited, to:

    Almonds
    Beechnuts
    Brazil nuts
    Bush nuts
    Butternuts
    Cashews
    Chestnuts    		Chinquapin
    Coconut
    Filberts
    Ginkgo nuts
    Hazelnuts
    Hickory nuts
    Lichee nuts    		Macadamia nuts
    Nangai nuts
    Pecans
    Pine nuts
    Pistachios
    Shea nuts
    Walnuts    		+ Peanuts

    In grades K-12, the District is not restricting products that may have been produced in a facility where peanuts or tree nuts may have been processed or present.

    Food Allergy