Here's an innovative Canuck for you...Kyle Dine, a recent commerce graduate of the University of Ottawa, got the idea for allergy translation cards when he was living in Sweden as an exchange student. He called his company AllergyTranslation.

Kyle says he struggled in Sweden to find food that was peanut-free, as he has an anaphylactic reaction to even traces of peanuts in his food. He says, "I'd see all these nice restaurants, but I'd end up going into a Swedish grocery store and buying a bag of KitKat bars because they were less of a gamble."

He created credit-card sized printouts that can be tailored to all dietary restrictions. There are translations for more than 175 food allergies and 11 special diets, in 22 languages, for a mere $8CAN fee and then print out as many as you need, to be presented in restaurants when dining out.
He also has a great collection of totally helpful allergy links... take a look here!

Check it out! It works for me...

"It was a big eye-opener, just trying to eat and stay alive over there." ~ Kyle Dine
Brenda

As usual I had the same idea but did not make money off it.

For friends going to China last year I made cards that read in Chinese: "Don't use MSG in my food or I will d-i-e."

I wrote my own allergy cards for my first trip to Italy and that was totally free, so I don't think I would want to pay for them.. BUT I would much rather pay than risk getting food with nuts in it.

On that site there are some great travel tips; one of the best IMHO is

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Research the country's local cuisine in order to familiarize yourself with possible dangerous dishes, spices, and sauces.