People are dumb...they look at the package for the "allergens: contains blah blah blah" and not at the actual INGREDIENT LIST itself. or the package.

FFS

*facepalm*

Well, a lot of packaging shows "serving suggestions" so you would look to see what is actually included.

***BREAKING FARK.COM NEWS ALERT: Baby food with a picture of a baby on the outside of the package does not contain real babies.***

fark, even cans of PEANUTS have warnings that say the can might contain peanuts.

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cretinbob: Yes, people are that farking stupid

May contain nuts







This one has nuts and rapeseed!

MonkeyDavid: Well, a lot of packaging shows "serving suggestions" so you would look to see what is actually included.

Serving suggestion: serve this ice cream as ice cream.

Does it have a disclaimer that "this product contains dairy"?
Ice cream =dairy - oh really?

cretinbob: Yes, people are that farking stupid

I think you are confusing this with the flip scenario. The picture does not show peanuts but the ingredient list has peanuts. That's an example of how consumers are stupid because they would be getting information not from the ingredient list but instead from the picture. In that scenario, presumably they also think there is a moose in there.

This is not that example. This is example of how a company farked up pretty bad. The picture is irrelevant, the ingredient list is what matters. If you have a huge peanut allergy, you're going to be in the habit of skipping straight to the ingredient lists so you don't die.

lennavan: If you have a huge peanut allergy, you're going to be in the habit of skipping straight to the ingredient lists so you don't die.

The gene pool needs a little bit of chlorine (or peanuts) to keep things clean.

What a peanut might look like:



/They say old Mr. Peanut had a sweet tooth for other Mr. Peanuts

I'm with all of you. This is stupid. Companies shouldn't have to tell us what's in the food products they're selling. Where's your sense of adventure?

AbbeySomeone: Does it have a disclaimer that "this product contains dairy"?
Ice cream =dairy - oh really?

Just out of curiosity, how much do you regret hitting add comment after writing this and realizing how stupid it was as an analogy?

FriarReb98: I truly dont think half the people who claim it are actually allergic to peanuts. It has to be some interaction between them and some chemical we've been pumping ino our bodies since the dawn of preservatives and artificial everything, or some random drug interaction no one ever thought of.

I just find it hard to believe that our bodies just magically decided one day that peanuts were poison....

I heard vaccines cause it.

Like most farkers I used to think allergies were BS, until I randomly developed an almond allergy at 25. Pissed me off too, because I loved me some Almond Joys. So yeah, Im convinced most modern allergies arent genetic, but environmental, be it through diet, air quality, cell phones, or whatever.

BurnShrike: FriarReb98: I truly dont think half the people who claim it are actually allergic to peanuts. It has to be some interaction between them and some chemical we've been pumping ino our bodies since the dawn of preservatives and artificial everything, or some random drug interaction no one ever thought of.

I just find it hard to believe that our bodies just magically decided one day that peanuts were poison....

I heard vaccines cause it.

And Jenny McCarthy.

FriarReb98: I truly dont think half the people who claim it are actually allergic to peanuts.

An allergy is an actual concrete definable thing. It's not like saying someone has ADD. You can actually test to see if you are allergic to something. It's an overzealous immune response. So you can just measure your immune system response to it.

FriarReb98: It has to be some interaction between them and some chemical we've been pumping ino our bodies since the dawn of preservatives and artificial everything, or some random drug interaction no one ever thought of.

You might think that if you know absolutely nothing about how allergies work. I get that you're really mad about preservatives and artificial things but your poutrage really doesn't fit here.

FriarReb98: I truly dont think half the people who claim it are actually allergic to peanuts. It has to be some interaction between them and some chemical we've been pumping ino our bodies since the dawn of preservatives and artificial everything, or some random drug interaction no one ever thought of.

I just find it hard to believe that our bodies just magically decided one day that peanuts were poison....

I believe you are correct on that, however according to the US Farm Report, the use of peanuts in products has also gone up dramatically in just the last decade alone. It's one of those ingredients like soy which in the past you would never consider to be in the products that they are in today.

lennavan: AbbeySomeone: Does it have a disclaimer that "this product contains dairy"?
Ice cream =dairy - oh really?

Just out of curiosity, how much do you regret hitting add comment after writing this and realizing how stupid it was as an analogy?

Non dairy ice cream is the best and I thought so way before I became lactose intolerant.

vatica40: Like most farkers I used to think allergies were BS, until I randomly developed an almond allergy at 25. Pissed me off too, because I loved me some Almond Joys. So yeah, Im convinced most modern allergies arent genetic, but environmental, be it through diet, air quality, cell phones, or whatever.

I learn general biological principles from anecdotes in my life too.

My favorite part of the article, this recall involves only the 16oz pints of ice cream. As if pints come in other sizes besides 16 oz.

Moose tracks. I was expecting real moose shiat to be in the carton.
/I want my money back!

This has nothing to do with allergies. This has everything to do with lawsuits. "It didn't have the required words on it. Pay me."

yes, that is a jar of Peanuts.. with a warning that the bottle "contains peanuts"

lennavan: Just out of curiosity, how much do you regret hitting add comment after writing this and realizing how stupid it was as an analogy?

lennavan: You might think that if you know absolutely nothing about how allergies work. I get that you're really mad about preservatives and artificial things but your poutrage really doesn't fit here.

Holy shiat you're an asshole. Neither of the two comments you were responding to were worthy of scorn or ridicule. Get the fark over yourself and stop being a douchebag.

domo_kun_sai: This has nothing to do with allergies. This has everything to do with lawsuits. "It didn't have the required words on it. Pay me."

What else would you expect? It has nothing to do with allergies and people dying - companies don't care about that. This has everything to do with lawsuits - companies care about money.

Someone with a peanut allergy may have died from eating it because they were not warned. Meh.
Someone may sue. RECALL IMMEDIATELY

That's how these things work and in this case, it worked out exactly the way it should have.

lennavan: vatica40: Like most farkers I used to think allergies were BS, until I randomly developed an almond allergy at 25. Pissed me off too, because I loved me some Almond Joys. So yeah, Im convinced most modern allergies arent genetic, but environmental, be it through diet, air quality, cell phones, or whatever.

I learn general biological principles from anecdotes in my life too.

To be fair, i dont think anyone cares about other people's sensitivities until they themselves are left gasping for air/covered in hives/crapping out their brains. Why make the effort to learn about something so specific unless it's relevant to your life? Plus its more fun to think you're better than those people.

I dont care what other people think of my food sensitivities so long as I can find out what I'm eating.

Why Would I Read the Article: lennavan: Just out of curiosity, how much do you regret hitting add comment after writing this and realizing how stupid it was as an analogy?

lennavan: You might think that if you know absolutely nothing about how allergies work. I get that you're really mad about preservatives and artificial things but your poutrage really doesn't fit here.

Holy shiat you're an asshole. Neither of the two comments you were responding to were worthy of scorn or ridicule. Get the fark over yourself and stop being a douchebag.

Actually, they were worthy of ridicule. I'm gonna guess you also have no idea how these things work so that's why you don't know how ridicule worthy they are.

pkellmey: ***BREAKING FARK.COM NEWS ALERT: Baby food with a picture of a baby on the outside of the package does not contain real babies.***

Well that does it. I'm taking that crap right back to the store. Damn false advertisement.

They call me MISTER Peanut!

domo_kun_sai: This has nothing to do with allergies. This has everything to do with lawsuits. "It didn't have the required words on it. Pay me."

ding ding ding winnah chicken dinnah!*

*allergy warning, the chicken was fried in 100% peanut oil

BurnShrike: May contain nuts

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"Traces of OTHER nuts and seeds..." on that one. Probably a good idea to point out.

BurnShrike: May contain nuts

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This one has nuts and rapeseed!

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what will grow if you plant a rapeseed

haywatchthis: BurnShrike:
This one has nuts and rapeseed!

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what will grow if you plant a rapeseed

How is babby form?

Gotta have that CYA boilerplate because, yes, people are that stupid and they will litigate

Shoot, I even warn my girlfriends that later they might be chock full of traces of my nuts, baby. I tell them I'll go warm some up, and when I come back they'll either be all ready for sexy time, or be shocked it's only the 2nd date! I give them their cup of coffee I just made and ask what they were expecting, or fling it onto the coffee colored carpet for sexy time.

/wifey is used to it though

Peanuts go WHERE?

lennavan: Actually, they were worthy of ridicule. I'm gonna guess you also have no idea how these things work so that's why you don't know how ridicule worthy they are.

Blah, blah, blah, welcome to fark, blah blah blah. Congratulations on openly embracing the fact that you're no better than the 12 year olds that scream racial epithets on Xbox live. But hey, if being a vitriolic asshole is the one thing that gets that pussy of yours wet, then maybe its not such a bad thing; lord knows there's an incredible amount of sand up there that needs to be washed out.

/ Ignore

lennavan: cretinbob: Yes, people are that farking stupid

I think you are confusing this with the flip scenario. The picture does not show peanuts but the ingredient list has peanuts. That's an example of how consumers are stupid because they would be getting information not from the ingredient list but instead from the picture. In that scenario, presumably they also think there is a moose in there.

This is not that example. This is example of how a company farked up pretty bad. The picture is irrelevant, the ingredient list is what matters. If you have a huge peanut allergy, you're going to be in the habit of skipping straight to the ingredient lists so you don't die.

Yes but if you did die it removes you from the gene pool and thus makes the odds of more people having peanut allergies lower. I just think the company is trying to save the human race from unhealthy genes.

Mr. Peanut gets lucky (new window) NSFW totally NSFW

My exwife had a very nice print of this one (it's one of a series)

I've really had it with peanut allergies.

look, natural selection dealt you a shiatty hand. I'm sorry. but unemployment and overpopulation being what it is.. let what happens happen.

havocmike: I've really had it with peanut allergies.

look, natural selection dealt you a shiatty hand. I'm sorry. but unemployment and overpopulation being what it is.. let what happens happen.

or, you know, we could actually have judges and lawyers not take on frivilous lawsuits that allow this sort of recall to be necessary. i know if i had a food allergy i would be sure to read ingrediants labels. ok, i'll give them some slack with having to put "this product processed....blah blah blah...may contain traces...", but COME ON something that OBVIOUSLY contains or could contain peanuts? why do you need a warning label?!?