The lack of empathy being expressed in this thread is utterly deranged. You people should feel ashamed of yourselves.

My advisor from college is a brilliant, caring man and a genius computer scientist with a lovely family. He also has a terribly dairy allergy. The tiniest lapse threatens to kill him. Here in the US he's safe thanks to regulations like this. When he travels abroad for conferences, he has to pre-prepare all his own food and bring it with him because he can't trust the labeling in other countries. Despite this, he very nearly died in India because somehow he still managed to come into contact with something.

So what, he should just... die? Why? His children should become fatherless... why? His contribution to computer science should be snuffed out... why? For some ridiculous religious anti-regulation cause? This crusade is despicable. You don't deserve to be here.

Presumably he knows that butter contains dairy.

The comment is in response to this:

"I don’t think the government should be involved with allergen labeling."

Don't waste my time with non-sequiturs.

What about the people who don't know that? Just because someone is dumb or stupid DOES NOT make them less of a person, with the full rights and ability to live their life to the fullest, just like you and me.

What about people who can’t read? I mean, you have to draw the line somewhere.

They deserve safe food too.

Apparently there is some "line" for you where everyone under it is somehow inferior?

People with life threatening dairy allergies should be expected to know that butter is a dairy product so that they can be safe.

You should be ashamed for expecting society to take care of your needs.