merryb wrote:
> 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.

I have an intolerance to almonds and macadamias plus OAS to almonds and
pistachios. So far buying nuts that could be cross contaminated by other
nuts has not given me a problem. It has for my daughter though. Peanuts
give her a weird sort of seeping nose bleed. It's not full on blood but
like a watery discharge with blood in it. I myself have been having the
same problem lately but don't know what to trace it to.

We figured this out after she was first diagnosed. Dr. told me to buy
cashews for her instead of peanuts. I didn't know enough then to check the
label. Had I done so, I would have realized that they were roasted in
peanut oil! Then she asked for some sort of food (can't remember what it
was now) that said it "may contain" peanuts. Not long after eating what it
was, she got the nosebleed. She tried it two more times. Same thing.

Dairy and eggs make me very ill. Not an allergy. An intolerance. But even
a trace amount of the offending food will make me ill. I once picked a
stray shred of cheese out of a salad in a restaurant. Continued to eat it.
Got sick as soon as I got home. So now I am uber careful to avoid these
things.