A recall that 99% won't be claimed since if you are buying butter you know it contains milk. Gotta be real dumb to think the butter is milk free.
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ITT: lots of people wondering why this is an issue at all when obviously butter contains milk.
It’s because the company can effectively print whatever they like for the name of the product with no regard to the actual ingredients. A consumer needs to know what they’re actually buying because of things like allergies and intolerances.
In this case, and depending on the severity of the allergy, that missing ingredient warning could cause someone a bad case of the farts or something as serious as anaphylactic shock.
This being said, I’d still agree that people not wanting to consume milk should stick to products with positive confirmation that it is milk-free.
It’s because the company can effectively print whatever they like for the name of the product with no regard to the actual ingredients.
That is not true at all. There are laws that determine what you can actually put on your products, especially on food.
Yes. And Costco (inadvertently) broke them here. Hence the recall.
That was the point. If we let companies ignore the law when it "should be obvious", that gives them a lot of wiggle room to really fuck us over. And nobody wants that
Ok fine, yes you are correct in that you can’t advertise a packet of staples as a frozen turkey crown, but you’re also arguing about a different scope. Apologies for speaking like a human on lemmy and not some sort of weird internet law robot.
This is a demonstration of what I’m talking about. To save you the click, this pack of ‘deli fresh’ turkey breast makes no mention of the cornstarch, dextrose or vinegar listed on the ingredients label. ‘Deli fresh’ is itself artistic license, as the product is packaged in plastic and not being served fresh from a deli.
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
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.
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.
The recall is redundant, it should just be a notice that butter contains milk, and stickers for any leftover inventory.
Collecting it and destroying it like it's poison is silly. If your allergic to milk, you probably should not be buying butter.
There’s an enforcement component. It’s designed to punish the producer so it hurts so it won’t do it again.
Yup. If you are sensitive to a food product you should be aware already of basic products that by definition contain them. Like telling me yogurt is dairy based.
I'll start the bidding for 24lb at $0.10/lb
Weird, is there a crackdown on this sort of thing or did someone really mess up big? I was actually called by my foodstore today to let me know that liptons French onion soup mix was recalled because it didn't list that it has egg in it and my records show that I had purchased this. I don't know if I ever saw this kind of recall before let alone twice in the same day.
I subscribed to FSIS updates and this happens pretty often. Allergen labels are taken pretty seriously. And they send out notifications when they come across one. 🤷🏼♀️
You have an intimate relationship with your grocer.
80,000 pounds is slightly over two tractor trailers' worth. For the whole country, that's not a big deal.
And that small batch had a label with a different list of ingredients/allergens somehow? I'm curious how that happened.
Since we're on the topic: do people refrigerate their butter? Those who do, what's your process for getting it on toast smoothly?
A type 1 phaser set to the lowest stun setting will melt butter patties if you just flash it on and off quickly.
Butter is tasty but annoying, so I switched to those butter-vegetable oil hybrids.
They taste a bit like butter but spread like margarine.
I refrigerate my butter and don't make toast very often. When I do make toast, I cut off the appropriate amount of butter and place it on the warm toast and let it sit to acclimate. After a moment, I spread it with a knife.
No, the spread is not amazing and creamy. It is still a little cold and chunky. But I don't care leaving your butter out is weird.
Until recently, I had some butter on a butter plate with a lid, and would take it to room temperature in advance of wanting to use it. Not the best method, but better than only having fridge temperature butter. A few weeks ago I got a French butter dish after being introduced to the concept. You can keep a good dose of butter in room temperature, with water making it airtight so the butter stays fresh. So far very much liking it.
Salted can be left out but not unsalted. I buy salted anyway, and it comes 4 bars to a pack, so I'll take out a bar, cut it in half, put half back in the fridge and leave half in a butter dish, replace as needed.
I don't really eat toast. If it's on popcorn I'll melt it then pour it on, but that makes the popcorn soggy. I need to find a better solution for popcorn tbh
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