There were some words on it too, ''No nuts for me'' was written above the picture and ''I'm allergic!'' was written right underneath it. As Margo went to join her family for breakfast and she went to get a bowl for some cereal, Gru said ''Remember Margo breakfast cereals can sometimes contain nuts, so we must check the labels to make sure there are no nuts and that you can eat them safely''.
Margo knew it was better to be safe than sorry so she did look at the labels with her dad to see whether there were any nuts or any traces of nuts in any of the different cereals.
''And we will be packing your lunch boxes with care when you go to school too from now on sweetie'' Lucy added. ''And dat also means don't go swapping food in your lunchbox with anyone else!'' Gru said, then he added ''we won't be dere to check dat their food is safe, so eet could be very dangerous for you to eat something from their lunchbox''.
Margo nodded. ''Ok'' she said agreeably. Whenever anyone at school offered her any of their goodies at lunchtime, she said ''Thanks very much, but I have a nut allergy so I have to be very careful about what I eat''. Margo's teacher, Mr Bond had also stuck a special nut allergy sign on the classroom door.
It was a picture quite similar to the one on Margo's new nut allergy shirt, expect this picture had more than one nut which was also had a line across it and it said ''This classroom is NUT FREE, THANK YOU for keeping our classroom safe!''.
Nowadays whenever Edith or Agnes eat nuts, they have to wash their hands before coming anywhere near Margo! The family also had to start using nut free sandwich spreads like wow butter and sun butter so Margo could eat the traditional American sandwiches as safely as her family.
When it came to food shopping whenever the Gry family was low on food, it now took much longer than it had been before as they had check all the labels to make sure there wasn't nuts or traces of nuts in anything they were buying.