Would You Believe It?

[maggiebee]

Lidl is recalling packets of peanuts because the labels fail to mention in English that they contain nuts.

In a notice to customers, the German firm said it was recalling Alesto Honey Peanuts with a best before date of February 2017 “due to peanuts not being declared in English on a small number of packets”.

The supermarket has also issued a recall for its multi-pack strawberry, raspberry, pineapple and pear flavoured Milbona fruit yoghurts because – you guessed it – they don’t mention that milk is an ingredient.

[wolf63]

Peanuts aren't nuts anyway - they are legumes.

Crazy world

[hc4361]

I can believe it. Some people are very quick to sue, which is why you see 'hot water' warnings above hot taps in public conveniences.

[gingejbee]

Not crazy at all.....food labelling legislation is important and needs to be adhered to.

[mikey4444]

Ginge...just how stopid would you have to be to not be aware that something labeled "Aleston Honey Peanuts " contained nuts ?

[dannyk13]

An EU directive no doubt, it's on a par with no bendy bananas.

[Zacs-Master]

mikey...
Stoopid enough to realise that
There's no bread in sweetbreads
Jerusalem artichokes aren't from jerusalem
Scotch bonnet peppers aren't from Scotland not do they contain Scotch.
Rocky Mountain Oysters are not seafood
Black Pudding isn't a dessert
Bombay Duck is a fish

[mikey4444]

danny...but there never was a directive on bendy bananas though.

If these products were Digestive Biscuits, than I could understand it, but packets of nuts contain nuts ! A clue is in the name "Alesto Honey Peanuts"

[mikey4444]

Zacs...here's another clue for the terminally stopid :::

http://static.hotukdeals.com/images/threads/high-res/2229983_1.jpg

[dannyk13]

Mikey
nternational ridicule erupted when the EU stated that all bananas must be "free of abnormal curvature".
EU lawmakers ruled that cucumbers and bananas should be straight.
Under the rules, cucumbers were to be "practically straight" and bent by a gradient of no more than 1/10.

But imperfectly-shaped fruit and vegetables were back on the supermarket shelves by 2009 when Britain opted to reform the crazy rule.

[bhg481]

What about these from B&Q then; the packet contains nuts with no warning.

http://www.diy.com/departments/avf-m8-steel-hex-nut-pack-of-10/256474_BQ.prd

[dannyk13]

Should be a warning that eating them may damage your teeth.

[mikey4444]

lol BHG !

[mikey4444]

Danny.......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_Regulation_(EC)_No._2257/94

[andy-hughes]

If you start a regulation that ensures that all ingredients are listed, then you catch everything, and people with allergies and so on are able to make informed choices.

But you must make sure that the legislation catches everything, no gaps.

That means you cannot simply 'assume' that someone knows that something contains something, no matter how 'obvious' that may seem.

If you catch the blindingly obvious, you will catch the obscure and missable, because your regulation applies to everything - and nothing gets missed.

So I am sure the rule makers will ensure the pointing and laughing, as long as it saves lives - which is the ultimate aim of rules like this.