Does something labeled "butter" contain milk? Does something labeled "milk" contain milk? This thread shows the answers to these questions are not straightforward and cannot be determined with common sense.
We -have- to have strict labeling rules around allergens and destroy products that don't comply because if we didn't, it would just be the wild west like it is with products that are not allergens.
Products are confusing, we shouldn't expect people to know how today's industrial food process works.
No, this is absurd. We don’t have to destroy products that can otherwise be put to good use. The minuscule number of people who are simultaneously deathly allergic to milk and unaware that cream is milk would be just as well served by a recall that said to destroy the product if you have a milk allergy.
This is a black eye on the FDA, and at a time we can least afford the agency to have one. They should have worked out another solution with Costco.
I don’t get this nonsense where a bunch of people can neither empathize nor understand that people other than themselves exist and should be able to rely on relatively simple packaging, and that the instant you create inane and bizarre carve-outs, you create risk for absolutely no benefit whatsoever.
Literally just to save money, ala the Elon/Trump D.O.G.E
This is a "waste" which costs money, which raises their taxes, so it shouldnt exist.
I would agree with you more if it was not a product where Milk was the only ingredient.
This kind of bureaucratic action lacks common sense and protects no one. That's the kind of bureaucracy we don't need.