Posted By A Campbell Could you be saying nuts to EU legislation??? Wouldn't be the first though!

Posted By bereznikov In a nutshell....I agree with you.

Posted By Sen Sar Tabs I'm a QI nut or fruit ??? Thursday is obviuosly the new Friday this week! Sar

Posted By Chris Packham I think the question has to be: "Am I a fruit loop or a nut case?" Chris

Posted By Juan Carlos Arias This is what the ever-growing claim culture has led us into.

Posted By warderic Sen Sar: Technically a potato is a tomato or is it the other way round? However, in order to be a fruit you need to grow on a bush or tree. Nuts are underground so are not a fruit. By the way, a tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable unlike the potato. Hope this helps.

Posted By andy.c. could be back to the greens, peanut now a seed, would that count!! seriously though i know of two nut allergy suffers one very slightly who would agree this is OTT but i have just spoken to the other who said any information on any nut product helps as poeple can make the strangest assumptions putting his life at risk. food for thought, (no pun intended)on how different poeple see the risk. Andy

Posted By Peter F When you buy fish, it says on the packet 'may contain fish' there's something fishy going on or is it plain nuts.

Posted By andy.c. warderic I agree 100%, why would any sane person not think that a bag of nuts contains nuts, and i asked this question to my nut allergy friend who also agreed, however he told me of a friend of his that substituted peanut puree in a curry menu with peanut butter as this only contained flavouring, we are not all sane obviously. i am sure you know that a McCoffee contains hot liquid, you can not underestimate the stupidity of some people. Andy

Posted By ScotsAM A fruit grows from a flower (eg apple, strawberry). Seeds are in the fruit. Dunno about nuts but think they're hard fruits with seeds inside (the edible part). Tubers, rhizomes, roots and bulbs grow underground. Oh, and seeds!

Posted By Simon Marshall lets face its plain ridiculous....bags of nuts will in fact contain nuts...grr i cant even be bothered to write any more..despair

Posted By warderic ScotsAM: The peanut is a root crop which grows underground its similar to a tubular, except a tubular is the root of a flower. Technically a peanut could be described as a root. Many people think that peanuts grow on trees or bushes. The growing shoots of a peanut have a white flower, a bit like a snow drop, but slightly different in shape. This being the case a peanut could be described as a flower. Either way, why tell me I have peanuts in a peanut bag. I'm done, going home have a good weekend.

Posted By Swis Some products are sold with ‘generic’ names and it is not always possible to distinguish the contents from the name. Therefore, as a safety precaution, warning is printed on the packaging. There’s no need to go nuts over nut warning.

Posted By Pete48 I think you all need a good dose of antihysteriamine (sic!) On the other hand a good chunk of chockie egg within the next 72 hours will undoubtedly help you recover from this allergic reaction to warning labels. Have a good long weekend.

Posted By Paul Leadbetter And let's not forget this archetypal piece of legislative gibberish: Nuts (Unground) (Other than Groundnuts) (Amendment) Order In the Nuts (Unground) (Other than Groundnuts) Order, the expression "nuts" shall have reference to such nuts, other than groundnuts, as would but for this amending Order not qualify as nuts (unground) (other than groundnuts) by reason of their being nuts (unground). Paul

Posted By Graham Bullough Warderic Just to open another angle in this thread, perhaps you are a bit nutty in choosing to watch "The Apprentice". I was inclined to agree with a journalist who described last year's bunch of contestants as akin to a bunch of scorpions fighting each other in a jam jar, so I'm giving this year's series a miss. Well, if I'm not busy with something else when the programmes are showing I might be tempted to watch and savour the last 5-10 minutes or so of some programmes with the lead up to "Siralan" telling someone "You're fired". Quite enjoyable that bit, especially after the hapless firee has pleaded how wonderful they are and has given 110% effort, etc. Perhaps it's the modern televisual equivalent of what it was like to watch events at the Colosseum in Roman times, and nothing like as messy. Back to the thread theme. Does anyone currently possess a "Fruit & Nut" chocolate bar? If so, can they confirm whether or not the wrapper information includes a warning that the product contains nuts?

Posted By Tanya Boyce Apparently the marvel milk powder we use in the labs (its OK its not used for tea and coffee making) "contains dairy products" Really? Having used marvel powdered milk whitener I really question that statement

Posted By John D Crosby Just to extend the discussion my tin of sardines had the following on the pack: Allergy Advice- Contains fish. Presumably they had not eaten any nuts!! Take care john C

Posted By warderic If its anything like the toaster I bought it needs a sell by date; didn't last five minutes.

Posted By Andy Barr You may all be interested (or not) in the following information taken from the Food Standars Agency website - People with some food allergies, particularly peanut allergy, have to be extremely careful what they eat. Food labelling is very important to these people because the consequences of eating the food they are allergic to could be very serious. Labelling rules in European Directives 2003/89/EC and 2006/142/EC ensure that all consumers are given comprehensive ingredient listing information and make it easier for people with food allergies to identify ingredients they need to avoid. The rules for pre-packed foods establish a list of 14 food allergens, which have to be indicated by reference to the source allergen whenever they, or ingredients made from them, are used at any level in pre-packed foods, including alcoholic drinks. The list consists of cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, molluscs, eggs, fish, peanuts, nuts, soybeans, milk, celery, mustard, sesame, lupin and sulphur dioxide at levels above 10mg/kg, or 10 mg/litre, expressed as SO2. So, apart from a few exceptions, all ingredients now have to be indicated on the label, even when they make up only a small proportion of the product. Some ingredients derived from the listed allergenic foods are so highly processed that they are no longer capable of triggering an adverse reaction. A list of products that were temporarily exempt from the labelling requirements of 2003/89/EC was published in Commission Directive 2005/26/EC and a list of permanent exemptions was published in Directive 2007/68/EC in November 2007. Manufacturers often use phrases such as 'may contain nuts' to show that there could be small amounts of nut in a food product, either in the ingredients, or because it has entered the product accidentally during the production process. It's not a legal requirement to say on the label that a food might contain small amounts of nut, but many manufacturers label their products in this way. Some members of the public have expressed concern that 'may contain' labelling is used too much, sometimes when it isn't really necessary. Some people are also worried that this could undermine valid warnings on products and restrict people's choice unnecessarily. The Food Standards Agency recognises that advisory labelling is essential to people with food allergies, and that manufacturers are striving to provide helpful information. It has been working with the food industry and public interest groups to reduce the unnecessary use of 'may contain' labelling and to provide clear advice to the public on why these labelling terms are used and what they mean.