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Food Allergy
Lil Kate
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Is it a law to put the statement "produced in a place that also produces ....
Lil Kate
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in Food Allergy
I try and read labels so carefully and find that ingredients are often hidden within the other ingredients (i.e. shortening....often contains soybean oil yet it is not declared on the package). Is it a law to include the statement that the item was produced in a place that also produces an allergen (egg, soy, peanut etc.) I have pasta from wegmans and it does not say anything about eggs on it...I have seen some of their other pastas that have the statement.
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Re: Is it a law to put the statement "produced in a place that also produces ....
My twins are 5! My baby is 3!
DS#2 - Allergic to Cashew, Pistachio, Kiwi
DS#3 - Allergic to Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree Nuts and Sesame
How do you deal with it? Do you call all the companies of things that may be in question? Or do you just not give it to them?
There is so much more that the FDA and the law could do to help out FA sufferers - it is really shameful how much a company DOESN'T have to declare.
For example - caramel coloring or other potential gluten containers. As long as the ingredient that COULD have gluten is listed a company doesn't have to disclose whether or not it does.
I understand that companies all have their "secret recipes" and don't want to share every aspect of their products, but not disclosing to a customer whether mustard or garlic powder is a "flavoring or spice" is just crazy.
It depends is my answer. Generally speaking I am ok with "produced in a facility" but not with "produced on equipment."
If the label doesn't say anything one way or another I tend to use it. That's probably risky but I just cannot make myself crazy about it. I feel crazy enough as it is.
My twins are 5! My baby is 3!
DS#2 - Allergic to Cashew, Pistachio, Kiwi
DS#3 - Allergic to Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree Nuts and Sesame
I hate it that it is not required by law!!! Every time my son has a reaction to something my DH and i beat each other up on what it could have been and who accidentally gave him something when it could have easily been a CC issue.
I belong to foodallergyny group on yahoo and someone wrote about this friday. (i pasted his message below).. his daughter reacted after having ice cream. It's really scary!
Here is the message the person wrote about the reaction which made many people angry and a ton wrote (or are writing) a letter to stop and shop complaining.
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WARNING!!
I JUST BOUGHT CHOCOLATE ICE-CREAM ON MONDAY AT STOP AND SHOP IN PORT CHESTER!!! It read in bold under the ingredients Contains: Milk
I gave it to my daughter Lauren on Wednesday night. She woke up with terrible hives which progressed into a full blown attack. We had to take her to the ER where she was given prednisone, a Benadryl shot, and Albuterol.
I called the company later and asked if there was anyway there could be peanuts in this ice-cream. They took the bar code number and told me that the item may contain peanuts. When I asked why they did not write it on there packaging, they responded that they did not have to disclose that. By law they only have to say if one of the top 8 allergens are actually in the product. I tried to take it further and asked if it was on shared equipment or just in the same facility. At that point they said they would have to get back to me. I haven't heard back. I am having the ice-cream tested to make certain that this is indeed a peanut allergy but I realize we may never know for certain. I am very upset to say the least. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed or persue this?
A lot of phone calls and a lot of emails. When in doubt, we don't buy it.