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Dealing with Food Allergies - One Restaurant At A Time
River Journal · Alexa Schwartzberg · May 4, 2026
River Journal reporter Alexa Schwartzberg discusses Cooper’s personal experience with severe food allergies and the motivation behind the Safe Plate Alliance's initiative to make delivery safer for local Westchester customers. She reviews his finding that roughly 80% of local restaurants reviewed offered no meaningful allergy feature beyond a general comment box and his email campaign to those restaurants.
Op-Ed by Cooper Ho
Making Delivery Safer for Families With Food Allergies · The Hudson Independent · May 15, 2026
In this op-ed, I write about my experience with an allergic reaction after ordering out from a restaurant. I discuss how food allergies have been on the rise. At the same time, more families are using delivery platforms to order. This makes it even more important to have strong allergy safety practices at restaurants. The good news is that existing delivery platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats have features to allow diners to learn about and communicate their allergies to restaurants. Unfortunately, many restaurants have not enabled these tools. My goal is to urge as many restaurants as possible to turn on these features.