Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Allergen Alert Labeling

My husband hates grocery shopping with me for 3 reasons: 1- I take too long, 2- I will go back across the store to save a penny on a can of corn, and 3- I read labels for possible allergens. It's become habit after enough dogs indicating on something we didn't expect, only to read the ingredients list and find an allergen listed. I am still amazed at how many products say "may contain ______" which makes me wonder how many companies are putting the warning on their products just to make sure they are covered legally.

Do you know of products that have never caused you problems with a label like this? Do you stop using a previously safe product because this label shows up on the packaging one day? As families who have to watch what they bring into their homes, would you rather see only products with a real allergen risk labeled or are you in favor of labeling all products with even a minute chance of containing or having come into contact with an allergen?

-Katy

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