Comments on: Warning: peanut butter contains peanuts https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/08/warning-peanut-butter-contains-peanuts/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:42:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/08/warning-peanut-butter-contains-peanuts/comment-page-1/#comment-28008 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

]]> By: Richard Belzer https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/08/warning-peanut-butter-contains-peanuts/comment-page-1/#comment-28006 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.

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