Comments on: Warning: peanut butter contains peanuts http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/warning-peanut-butter-contains-peanuts/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bumper http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/warning-peanut-butter-contains-peanuts/comment-page-1/#comment-28008 Bumper Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:28:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7467#comment-28008 Fans of wacky warning labels might get a smile out of these just in time warnings for laptops: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1143b.html Fans of wacky warning labels might get a smile out of these just in time warnings for laptops:

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]]> By: Richard Belzer http://overlawyered.com/2008/08/warning-peanut-butter-contains-peanuts/comment-page-1/#comment-28006 Richard Belzer Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:59:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7467#comment-28006 Wacky perhaps, but not surprising. Arguably, this labeling is required by the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, Title II of Public Law 108-282. See: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alrgact.html Certainly it is easier to add a stupid warning than to contest the law, and risk having FDA force you to recall your peanut butter. Wacky perhaps, but not surprising. Arguably, this labeling is required by the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, Title II of Public Law 108-282. See:

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alrgact.html

Certainly it is easier to add a stupid warning than to contest the law, and risk having FDA force you to recall your peanut butter.

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