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Wim van Bemmel Wim van Bemmel is offline
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Default Food Allergy Warnings

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:47:00 -0600, boulanger wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> This is just going too far:
>>
>> Ingredients: Milk
>>
>> Allergy Warning: Contains MILK
>>
>> And on my jug of CostCo Cashews:
>>
>> "Ingredients: Cashews, Peanut Oil, Salt"
>>
>> On another part of the label:
>> "Warning: Contents processed on equipment that also processes nuts"
>>
>> And on yet another part of the label: "Consumers should read all
>> allergy warnings carefully"
>>
>> Why not just read the damn ingredients and be done with it? If they
>> can't read the ingredients, then they can't read any of the warnings
>> warning you to read the warnings about the ingredients.
>>
>> -sw

>
> A local supermarket carries prepacked broccoli (packed in the US) that
> is clearly labelled, in big letters *"Broccoli"* In the fine print
> underneath it says: "May contain broccoli".
> I kid you not!


On a sack of salted peanuts:
'processed in a plant that processes peanuts'..

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Groet, salut, Wim.