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by moregrist 720 days ago
Honestly, the rule has been helpful to my family. We now clearly know whether a product contains sesame or not. Previously, it wasn't always listed, or had vague potential cross-contamination warnings, which are hard to parse.

So, in my eyes, it's not a farce of a rule at all.

> If there was an adequate market for sesame-free bread you would already see it. Nothing is stopping a manufacturer from opening a sesame-free bread factory--that is, nothing but a lack of demand.

Dude, chill. You must not read labels looking for sesame when you buy bread.

There are manufacturers that make sesame-free bread. I buy it regularly from normal supermarkets in the normal bread section.

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If you have a deadly allergy a cross-contamination warning means don't eat it. They aren't hard to parse at all.

You got slightly clearer labels, a lot of people went from being able to eat it to not being able to eat it.

I will admit that I do not look at bread labels--all bread falls into the unpleasant reaction category for me.