RE: accuracy in packaging

[Emru Townsend <etownsen -at- Softimage -dot- com>]

Melissa,

I don't think anyone here feels, or is saying, that peanut allergies are
trivial.  In my case, it's quite the contrary.  My entire immediate family
suffers or has suffered from some sort of food allergy, whose effects can
range from inconvenient to fatal.  My sister is allergic to alcohol, among
other things; think of how many teenagers and college students go to parties
where someone spikes the punch as a joke.

Yes, peanut allergies can be severe in every sense of the word, and I
totally agree that airplanes and schools should be peanut-free -- and that
parents and passengers who complain about inconvenience should have their
heads examined.

But really, a can of _peanuts_ saying "May contain peanuts" -- as if you'd
miss the 24-point type on the label but catch the fine print on the back --
is just incredibly funny.  How can anyone pass up a good one like that?

Emru Townsend, Information Developer | etownsen -at- softimage -dot- com
Softimage, Inc.
Personal page: http://purpleplanetmedia.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Itowsley -at- aol -dot- com [mailto:Itowsley -at- aol -dot- com]
> 
> Ok, I feel I have to speak up about this.  (Sorry, Eric, if this is 
> off-topic.)
> 
> There is a very good reason for the "May Contain Traces of 
> Peanuts." on all 
> sorts of packages.  People have DIED from unlabeled 
> foodstuffs that were 
> processed and packaged in the same factory as peanut 
> containing foods even 
> though the food did not have peanuts listed as an ingredient. 
>  Peanuts are 
> also called Beer Nuts, by the way.  Some uneducated - not stupid - 
> individuals would mistake those for safe foods.
> [etc.]