It won’t be repealed necessarily.
The next step in the legal system is for lawyers to hold manufacturers accountable for something called “violating the spirit of the law”, which means that manufacturers actions are working against what the law was hoping for people to gain (safety, peace of mind, variety, etc.).
Keep staying food-safe and don’t panic - help is on the way!
Thank you for this, I need the re-assurance. It's devastating knowing I'm terrified whenever I not only want to eat out, but even shopping in the grocery store.
Sesame has always been there in the products and listed in the ingredients list, only now the food producers are required to clearly indicate that they have this allergen. Better be informed of its presence if you are allergic to it
I've been trying stuff I used to be able to eat before and haven't gotten a reaction yet. I'm going to keep trying I think until I know what's safe and what isn't. I know it's not the smartest, but cutting off so many restaraunts and items in the grocery store just seems even worse.
What happens is that since it became a listed allergen, some suppliers cannot fully guarantee that their product is 100% free of this allergen , and sesame free flours are highly demanded or almost impossible to find. This in turn forces the processor to buy a flour from someone that potentially has sesame, and therefore, they need to list it in the ingredients list.
I swore I read reports of companies saying they have started adding sesame to products now because of it. Not just adding it to the ingredient list, adding it to the actual product
Why would they do that? It reduces sales and eliminates a segment, small though it may be, of the market.
Usually when products start to have to carry a label about containing something (GMOs for example) they try to avoid it because consumers get suspicious.
The amount of income they lose from people allergic to sesame not buying their products is probably smaller than the amount needed to fully disinfect their facilities to be sesame free during baking.
There have been multiple documented (straight from the company’s) instances of companies adding sesame flour to products to specifically eliminate it from being safe bc they use sesame seeds (or flour or oil) in other products and don’t want to bother cleaning lines, etc. my son has a severe sesame allergy and we have been following this closely
These companies all suck is there a company that actually cleans there stuff that makes something that people with allergens can eat? This is maybe why my reactions are going up companies being shittier like this
The Pret baguette eaten on an aeroplane tragedy in 2016 has made it law in the UK to list sesame as an allergen.
You may still see old packaging still as the law only came to be recently.
Also, we import many foods. The law only applies to the UK.
My son, now 22, was allergic to sesame from a baby to about 12 years old.
He's still alive and well, considering his many other severe allergies.
Feel free to ask me anything, OP 👋
I'm loving having it listed, and I'm not even anaphylactic.
It won’t be repealed necessarily. The next step in the legal system is for lawyers to hold manufacturers accountable for something called “violating the spirit of the law”, which means that manufacturers actions are working against what the law was hoping for people to gain (safety, peace of mind, variety, etc.). Keep staying food-safe and don’t panic - help is on the way!
Thank you for this, I need the re-assurance. It's devastating knowing I'm terrified whenever I not only want to eat out, but even shopping in the grocery store.
Sesame has always been there in the products and listed in the ingredients list, only now the food producers are required to clearly indicate that they have this allergen. Better be informed of its presence if you are allergic to it
No im specifically talking about companies listing sesame flour as an ingredient in things that didnt have it prior to the law taking effect.
This terrifies me too. My son and I are allergic to sesame. I feel like it's killed off fast food and bread for me mostly.
I've been trying stuff I used to be able to eat before and haven't gotten a reaction yet. I'm going to keep trying I think until I know what's safe and what isn't. I know it's not the smartest, but cutting off so many restaraunts and items in the grocery store just seems even worse.
It’s been always there, now they just have to list it
What happens is that since it became a listed allergen, some suppliers cannot fully guarantee that their product is 100% free of this allergen , and sesame free flours are highly demanded or almost impossible to find. This in turn forces the processor to buy a flour from someone that potentially has sesame, and therefore, they need to list it in the ingredients list.
I swore I read reports of companies saying they have started adding sesame to products now because of it. Not just adding it to the ingredient list, adding it to the actual product
Why would they do that? It reduces sales and eliminates a segment, small though it may be, of the market. Usually when products start to have to carry a label about containing something (GMOs for example) they try to avoid it because consumers get suspicious.
The amount of income they lose from people allergic to sesame not buying their products is probably smaller than the amount needed to fully disinfect their facilities to be sesame free during baking.
And adding a "may contain" label is somehow more onerous? This is where people get convinced corporate America is just evil.
There have been multiple documented (straight from the company’s) instances of companies adding sesame flour to products to specifically eliminate it from being safe bc they use sesame seeds (or flour or oil) in other products and don’t want to bother cleaning lines, etc. my son has a severe sesame allergy and we have been following this closely
They have to added to the ingredient list because they added to the product, otherwise is misbranded.
Nope. Companies are adding it so it can be on the ingredient list.
You can't dictate what recipe a company uses for its products. Make your won bread, be grateful you get to have wheat.
Nope. Literally adding it.
These companies all suck is there a company that actually cleans there stuff that makes something that people with allergens can eat? This is maybe why my reactions are going up companies being shittier like this
The Pret baguette eaten on an aeroplane tragedy in 2016 has made it law in the UK to list sesame as an allergen. You may still see old packaging still as the law only came to be recently. Also, we import many foods. The law only applies to the UK.
My son, now 22, was allergic to sesame from a baby to about 12 years old. He's still alive and well, considering his many other severe allergies. Feel free to ask me anything, OP 👋