Have you got an allergy, and are concerned about cross-contamination of food products? This article explains why products may be recalled, to ease your concerns… Manufacturing processes are never completely failsafe. Whether it be due to human error or troubles with machinery, there’s plenty to negate. That’s why product recalls are in place; to protect us all. Food … [Read more...]
May contain labelling is confusing
There are laws governing how 'may contain' labelling should be done. This is what the Food.gov website says: Precautionary allergen labelling If there is a risk of a food product being affected by allergen cross-contamination, the label should include one of the following statements: may contain Xnot suitable for someone with X allergy Precautionary allergen … [Read more...]
Why I will never ever eat at Pret..
Or any other cafe, restaurant or fast food outlet that cannot show me the ingredients of their products. It's just not worth the risk. In case you missed my last blog, a teenage girl died after eating a Pret baguette that contained undeclared sesame. But Pret are by no means the only established not labelling goods prepared on the premises, because the law doesn't … [Read more...]
Fast food and cafe allergen labelling
And why we need change. You cannot have failed to hear about the tragic death of a young fifteen year old girl, Natasha Ednan-Laparouse, who ate a baguette at Pret, Heathrow airport and died from an anaphylactic attack to unlabelled sesame. Pret have just announced a second death... and I'm not joking... I only wish I was. Until laws change please all exercise extreme … [Read more...]
Beware of disintegrating labels – allergen labelling
Now this is not a rant, I'm taking full blame for this latest 'wheating', but things went a bit wrong in the what allergy household when husband-who-was-trying-to-help offered to cook me some supper after I had just returned from doing the Waddesdon 5k run in sweltering heat one evening last week. The run was great fun by the way, hard work, over half UP hill. I won't tell … [Read more...]