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"boulanger" > wrote in message
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> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> This is just going too far:
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>> Ingredients: Milk
>>
>> Allergy Warning: Contains MILK
>>
>> And on my jug of CostCo Cashews:
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>> "Ingredients: Cashews, Peanut Oil, Salt"
>>
>> On another part of the label:
>> "Warning: Contents processed on equipment that also processes nuts"
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>> 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

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> 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!


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