Comment by LorenPechtel
4 years ago
Mandating a "may contain traces of sesame" would provide just as much protection without requiring adding the sesame and denying it to those of us that aren't going to be killed by a bit of cross contamination.
4 years ago
Mandating a "may contain traces of sesame" would provide just as much protection without requiring adding the sesame and denying it to those of us that aren't going to be killed by a bit of cross contamination.
Without quantifying and controlling the amount of sesame, that's not useful information.
That's why these foods added the sesame--now it's measured, quantified, and controlled.
Someone with a mild allergy can try the food and see what the reaction is. If it's fine, then that food can be eaten knowing that the sesame level likely will be consistent.
People with severe allergies will avoid that food like always.
This is a good thing and the complaints make me facepalm. "Gee, now we can experiment and know what this food will do to us as opposed to playing Russian roulette every time. This upsets us and we're going to complain."
Oh, gee, what you really wanted was everybody to surgically clean their manufacturing lines but not pay them any extra money for doing so? So sorry, that's not how this works.