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The cheese I just ate contains....

Started by Caffeine, December 15, 2005, 06:24:40 PM

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There are times when it is important to list ingredients that you wouldn't otherwise assume.  Many people are unaware that pine nuts are an ingredient in pesto.  Many things that don't intentionally have nuts may have been contaminated if the producer uses nuts for other products (thus the need for "may contain nuts").  I don't think that anyone would actually assume that a package of mixed nuts does not contain nuts.

As for cheese, while I agree that imitation cheeses are generally accepted to be "cheese", that's not really my point.  Putting "contains milk" on cheese is irrelevant.  The absence of that label does not guarantee that the product safe for people with potentially fatal dairy allergies.  Thus the presence of the label is meaningless.  Only "contains no diary products" is relevant...without that, you can't know for certain.

Unless you don't expect it to be there (i.e., pesto/pine nuts).  In cheese, I would expect milk unless otherwise specified.  I don't expect my cheese to contain antifreeze, and if it did, I'd like to see a really big label that says: "WARNING: CONTAINS ANTIFREEZE!" (and not "Now with more antifreeze! :thumb:").

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Quote from: PhaedrusIf you are not smart enough to cook the meat, should you even be allowed to go to the store by yourself?
What's wrong with raw meat?  It's delicious.  (I grind it myself if I'm preparing it raw, though.)  

Although, now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't be allowed to go to the store by myself.

Quote from: PhaedrusShould there be a warning label on the helmet saying "Please remove your glasses first"?  :dunno:
That would have saved me from squashing my glasses into the bridge of my nose.

Twice.  :oops:

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