On Mar 26, 8:15*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >> "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
>
> >>> Trader Joe's has good prices on the nuts I buy - cheaper than Whole
> >>> Foods and I think they're better tasting, too.
>
> >> I will look there. *But I have a feeling they are done on shared
> >> lines.
>
> > What does "done on shared lines" mean?
>
> > -S-
>
> I don't know exactly except that they use the same equipment or something
> like that for other things. *In the case of nuts, it is highly likely that
> they will use this for other nuts. *So unless you are buying nuts grown and
> processed by a dedicated place for only that kind of nuts, there will be
> cross contamination. *I do accept this and take my chances there. *But a
> person with a specific nut allergy could not. *However, in the case of
> Trader Joe's and Costco, it says shared lines with dairy, eggs and other
> things. *The dairy and eggs are a problem for me.
>
> Some people would say that they are just putting this on there as a CYA type
> thing but... *We have had problems with shared lines things so I just won't
> buy them, provided that whatever they share those lines with are problematic
> for us.

If you do not have a nut allergy, what is the problem?
Of course, if one of you doesn't have an "intolerance", you will
develop one soon.