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hamhead t1_j42faq3 wrote

Reply to comment by sharrrper in Companies Are Adding Sesame to Foods. It's an Unintended Consequence of a New Allergen Label Law by Kodiak01

Sort of. On an individual level you’re right. On a societal level is where the debate comes in. People can die from a lot of unique things. That doesn’t mean society “bends over” for them. In the majority of cases, they have to accommodate society rather than the other way around.

The question is where does it become societal problem - how many people does it need to impact - before that switches.

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onioning t1_j42eurf wrote

Reply to comment by nihilfit in Companies Are Adding Sesame to Foods. It's an Unintended Consequence of a New Allergen Label Law by Kodiak01

There is no prohibition here.

It also seems to me to unquestionably be the right move. That some bakeries move towards using sesame in everything is a completely acceptable consequence. Worth noting that the products made by such a bakery would have been unnaceptable for someone with a sesame allergy before it got added to the list, because of very real cross contamination risk. The difference is now people have a way of knowing that. Very definitely a good thing. Also very literally no prohibition whatsoever.

The problem was "how are people to know if there's a sesame risk?" Curious how you would solve that problem without resorting to regulation.

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blue_13 t1_j42efou wrote

Reply to ‘The Passion Of The Christ’ Sequel Reportedly Begins Filming This Spring. by TheBoredMan

This movie would work if the first act of the movie briefly covered the disciples hiding, then the resurrection/witnesses/ascension of Christ, and then the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples who go out spreading the gospel and then the rest of the time focusing on the book of Acts with Paul (Saul of Tarsus) and his conversion and travels to Rome.

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onioning t1_j42d5cf wrote

Reply to comment by diagnosedwolf in Companies Are Adding Sesame to Foods. It's an Unintended Consequence of a New Allergen Label Law by Kodiak01

To be clear, that's normal for the top allergens and the way it's been for decades. The difference here is that bakeries really didn't have to deal with it. They had wheat and soy which is in everything, and then they just avoid the rest of the top eight (now nine). Sesame is different because it's used for some baking but by no means ubiquitous. So previously bakeries didn't need full wash downs to control for allergens because each was either in everything anyway, or in nothing.

Just saying though. Full wash down between allergens is the industry norm and has been for decades.

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