I called Keebler today

Right now, I do not buy keelber at all either. I didn't know that Kellog's bought them out, but we do not buy kellog's either. Boy, won't we all be glad when the label law comes into affect.

Renee

It will be nice when the law goes into effect, but it won't require companies to label for 'may contains' or processing in shared lines/facilities. It only makes them use plainer english and disclose any allergens in the flavorings. I'm afraid if a law passes that requires to label for may contains all companies are just going to do it even if there's no risk, just to cover their butts.

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Quote:Originally posted by gw_mom3:
[b]I'm afraid if a law passes that requires to label for may contains all companies are just going to do it even if there's no risk, just to cover their butts.
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Exactly my concern since they want to cover themselves legally.

Please see my 8/3 post here [url="http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/Forum23/HTML/000117-4.html"]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/Forum23/HTML/000117-4.html[/url] re:the impact of FALCPA on cross-contamination.

As this gets sorted out, the good news is that manufacturers will not be able to just blindly label as may contains to do CYA.

I thought I read somewhere that they couldn't just put may contains on the box unless it was really ligit. I guess the thread above must be where I read it. I would have to find the exact wording, but I had to do a report for college last semester and I used food allergies as my subject. lol. Anyway, I had found that they will have to put on there may contains or made in peanut factory only if cross contamination is a possible.

Thanks nutter.

Renee

For the record, I am completely comfortable with Keebler, Nabisco and Kellogg.

My kids have never had a reaction of any kind.

e-mom-are you in the US or canada?? Just curious. I called Kellogg's a while back (maybe over a year now) to ask about pop tarts. They said they are made on shared lines and didn't recommend them to us. I asked why it didn't list peanut on the label and she couldn't answer, just kept repeating that we shouldn't use them. I called separate times to ask about nutrigrain bars and eggo waffles and got basically the same answer. So I just quit using Kellogg's altogether.

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I too use Eggo Waffles and Nutrigrain bars as well as some Nabisco products (ie fig newtons and plain ritz crackers) without any incident. My pa/tn son is a 5 on the rast test.

My son has eaten Nurtigrain bars, Pop-tarts, and Eggo waffles for years with no problem. What is the cross-contamination issue wrt Pop-tarts? I have never seen any flavor with nuts.

Quote:Originally posted by mcmom:
[b]My son has eaten Nurtigrain bars, Pop-tarts, and Eggo waffles for years with no problem. What is the cross-contamination issue wrt Pop-tarts? I have never seen any flavor with nuts. [/b]
I don't know. I just know I called them in the past and they said there are nut products made in the same facility and they don't use any dedicated lines, and that I shouldn't use it. I figured if they told me not to use it, I wouldn't. I remember at least one or two allergy alerts in the past years involving eggo waffles. I'll see if I still have the emails.

as far as nabisco, I haven't had any problems with them so far.

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[This message has been edited by gw_mom3 (edited August 13, 2004).]

Regarding the PopTarts, my PA son *loves* them and has never had a reaction. However, please see my posting that they will be adding milk ingredients to all PopTart flavors - bummer as my son also has milk allergies!

I also called kellog's today and they did not recommend any of their products due to the making on shared lines. My comfort zone is strict in some areas and not so in others, but giving my son something that was just made on the same machines after peanut butter cookies were made is like me making a peanut butter sandwich on the kitchen counter and then after wiping with a paper towel making his sandwich.

It is too risky and I wouldn't want to know that I gave it to him knowing that the company warned me. There is always that one chance and I won't chance it knowing that I have safer options for him. ***this is just voicing my own comfort zone for my son..no one else's****

Renee