Jeddah - Post Report Question and Answers
What do people who suffer from environmental or food allergies need to know?
I would be very wary about eating anything not pre-packaged or prepared in one's own home if one has food allergies. Allergens were almost never listed and very little concern seemed to be placed into making sure food didn't cross-contaminate. A colleague had a wheat allergy and struggled to find equivalent products to what is available at home (there was one brand of gluten-free pasta, and that was about it). - Oct 2022
If you feel like its the flu or a cold its really most likely allergies. - Aug 2022
I have some food allergies and so carried medicine and an epipen with me, though never had to use them in Jeddah. Most allergy situations shouldn't pose any more problem in Jeddah than elsewhere. No problem with my pollen allergies while there. - Nov 2020
Restaurants aren't very good about avoiding allergens, even when warned. I know of one case where a patron purchased cupcakes, having told the cupcake bakery not to include any nut products. Turns out they got peanut-butter frosting on one of the cupcakes, and a child had a severe allergic reaction. I have no idea if any action was taken toward the bakery, not that it would have gone anywhere. - Oct 2019
Lots of dust and sand storms, bad for allergies. - Oct 2015
There will be dust storms and bad air quality from time to time. - Oct 2015
Lots of dust/sand for those who are allergic to that. - Aug 2015
