How come all foods "may contain nuts"?

^whitey^

Well i've always wondered why this is

Well folks why is it ???:ninja:

oneweb

AFAIK, it's a food regulation requirement where, even in the most unlikely (but nonetheless still possible) circumstances where there may be cross-contamination between product lines. This is for the benefit of nut allergy sufferers.

For example, I had a Peach and Strawberry Yoplait Yoghurt earlier (it was yuck, but that's not the point) and it did, indeed have the "may contain nut traces" on it.

Took me ages to figure why, then I realised it was 'cos Yoplait also do a Hazelnut chocolate (or something like it?) flavour. Hence, between production runs, there may occur some cross-"contamination" of ingredients somewhere along the line.

But yeah, some of the most unlikely foods have the warning.

Gordon

Heh my Dad got a pack of nuts one day and told me that he looked at the packet and it said "May contain nuts"! lol I couldn't contain myself.

neohoki

That's getting kind of philisophical though....
what is nuts?
Are we nuts?
Is everything one big nut...?



I think they figure out the probability of the product containing nuts and if it's larger than a certain figure they have to apply the sign to the packaging.....

Barry Aldwell

Originally posted by ^whitey^
Well folks why is it ???:ninja:

Becuase nuts have a million uses. Including killing some people, but they usually carry a (temporary) antidote around with them.

Tha Gopher

My underpants contain a warning saying"May contain nuts during use".

damnyanks

Its for people who are alergict to them. I know this guy who is, his cheeks and eyes swell up (Total recall style) purple lips crazy ****, has like 5 minutes to get into a hospital or die.

He has some sort of anti dote or something to slow it down that goes into his heart if it happens.

Nemici

Originally posted by oneweb
Hence, between production runs, there may occur some cross-"contamination" of ingredients somewhere along the line.

this cross contamination thing could get messy, what about a factory that makes dog food and pate. It could be a freakin disaster for all concerned.

Barry Aldwell

Or that factory in america that mixed up food and flame retardent..for a year.

ozt9vdujny3srf

tbh, it really does make it useless to people who are allergic, because if most products that say "main contain nuts" nearly definitely don't, they'll all probablye end up disregarding the warning.

lordsippa

But the warning prevents the companies from being sued in case contamination occurs.

Barry Aldwell

Especially when contamination could occur even if some security guard accidentally drops a peanut into a meat grinder.

Gordon

Damn those pesky security guards and their trickstering ways, damn them to hell! They do that thing with the needle in a condom factory dont they? It's like - they have the whole building free for the night and what do they do? Cause havoc, havoc and wild parties in the warehouses.

Pah, those pesky security guards.