Julie Bove wrote:

>
> Actually most Halloween candies are not safe for people with nut allergies.
> The reason being that those fun sized bars are not always made in the same
> facility as the full sized ones. If you look carefully at the package there
> is often a disclaimer that they may contain traces of... And they will go
> on to state things like peanuts, tree nuts, milk, egg or even wheat. If the
> child has a life threatening food allergy, many parents will not allow them
> to have any candy collected from Trick Or Treating because those little
> wrappers do not list the ingredients or may contains statements.



Every time I see those disclaimers about "processed on equipment that
may have processed nuts" (wheat, etc.) I think "Don't these
manufacturers ever CLEAN their equipment?"

gloria p