For the safety of our children we must have Food Labeling Regulations in place.
As a clear example, I discovered a new brand of package cakes while shopping
recently. Due to my daughter's food allergies, I begin to read the label. Under the
ingredients (in small print) were the words, "Allergy Information: processed in a
facilty that uses peanuts" (in bold). My first thought was that these may actually
be safe as there are none of the other top eight allergens. However, after reading
the ingredients I learned that this product contained WHEAT, EGGS, MILK, SOY
and PEANUTS. This completely misleading type of labeling can be extremely
dangerous for someone with food allergies, especially young children who may
only read the bold allergy statement. I urge you to PLEASE create mandatory
allergy labeling regulations so that all manufacturers will label in the exact same
way and label ALL ingredients (not spices, added color, etc.) Please help protect
our children. Thank you.
Jolie Marie Burris - Comment
This is comment on Rule
Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations, January 2, 2012
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