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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >,
says...
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> Julie Bove wrote:
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> > 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?"

They could tear it down and sanitize it to surgical levels and if they
didn't put the disclaimer some asshat would still sue them.