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I understand the "slippery slope" issue but what an insane waste of food just over liability and pointing out the obvious.
It's not as bad as you think. Grocery stores will just send it back to the manufacturer and re-sticker it.
What a waste of fuel and cause of extra pollutants for nothing
It isn't over nothing, though. Allergen information was missing.
Sure, it seems silly in this case, but not enforcing it also leaves wiggle-room that you really don't want for food labelling, otherwise companies could just start leaving stuff out of it because it's "obvious".
No-one with a nut allergy wants to be unexpectedly landed in the morgue because the company didn't put "contains cashews" in the label for their satay, since it's obvious, as nearly every satay sauce on the market contains cashews.
Oof, so to prove your point, I always thought satay was peanuts.
Just pay the end companies to put stickers on it
What about putting a sticker over it?
As a person with allergies to specific foods, then don't make this mistake. Measure twice, cut once. These rules were written in blood, and tiniest violin for companies who fail it.
Yeah I guess a solution that reduces food waste while also being safe for people with milk allergies and intolerances would be to slap a big ass "contains milk" sticker on the label, maybe covering up the barcode so that 1) it can't be sold without the sticker, and 2) they can sell it at a discount. But that's probably bad for costco's image or whatever
If I were a customer who purchased this, I would just ignore it. I assume many will do the same. It isn't worth dealing with if it isn't an issue for you.