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Re:Nearly 80k pounds of butter recalled because of missing l... by crazygringo on Friday November 15, 2024 @06:59PM (#42152770)
> Lots of people in the U.S. don't know that butter is made from milk. I have met plenty of people who don't know that cheese is a dairy product.

If there are people who are allergic to dairy who don't know butter or cheese come from milk, then I think there's an even bigger problem here...

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Re:Nearly 80k pounds of butter recalled because of missing l... by NaOH on Friday November 15, 2024 @07:10PM (#42152854)
People also make food for others. It's like having a gluten-free/celiac friend coming over for dinner and using soy sauce without bothering to notice soy sauce always contains wheat.
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Re:Nearly 80k pounds of butter recalled because of missing l... by crazygringo on Friday November 15, 2024 @07:20PM (#42152919)
Sure, but that's why someone allergic to dairy might ask their friend who prepared dinner if anything was made with butter or cheese (or yogurt or sour cream, etc.), just to double-check.

If the person cooking is uneducated enough to not know that butter and cheese come from milk, I highly doubt they're checking the box the butter comes in for an allergen listing.

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Re:Nearly 80k pounds of butter recalled because of missing l... by NaOH on Friday November 15, 2024 @07:34PM (#42153005)
>If the person cooking is uneducated enough to not know that butter and cheese come from milk, I highly doubt they're checking the box the butter comes in for an allergen listing.

The purpose of the regulations isn't about what anyone may think others will or won't do with the information, it's about making the information readily and unambiguously available.

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