WARNING: This product may contain nuts

[draggar]

That is written on the side of a package of peanut M&Ms. OK, you buy them because they're PEANUT M&Ms and if you didn't want them, you'd buy the plan or other flavors that are out there.

OK, I'll give them this one for the moron who is allergic to nuts and buys them.

That's not my issue.

My issue that it says 'The product MAY contain nuts.'

May, as in it may contain nuts and it may not contain nuts. What am I supposed to think here? Am I to play Russian roulette with packages of peanut M&Ms trying to find the one that does not have any nuts in it?

Wouldn't it make more sense for them to put "This product DOES contain nuts"? It still gets the messagw across in definite terms!!

[blas]

Well I do know that at Dairy Queen around here, there are multiple signs that warn customers that there may be nuts in their food just because of all the desserts that have nuts, the nuts may wander and end up in a different dessert. A way of covering their ass in case a person allergic to nuts eats an ice cream cone with a stray nut in it.

Note: I typed all of this with a straight face.

[thegiraffe]

At my grocery store, we sell packages of hard boiled eggs in the deli. Nothing special, just eggs that have been boiled, and have had the shells removed. The packaging is even clear so you can see said eggs.

The warning label?

"Food allergic consumers: contains eggs".

Duh. Anyone who buys that and eats it who's allergic to eggs deserves what's coming to them.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

At my grocery store, we sell packages of hard boiled eggs in the deli. Nothing special, just eggs that have been boiled, and have had the shells removed. The packaging is even clear so you can see said eggs.

The warning label?

"Food allergic consumers: contains eggs".

Duh. Anyone who buys that and eats it who's allergic to eggs deserves what's coming to them.

We just started carrying those in our dairy department week before last. They come in a bag.

If it's not funny enough that the warning label reads: contains eggs - it's the size disclaimer on the package:

Contains 9 or 10 eggs. :headscratch:

[Jaden]

My favourite one of these at Kroger was a package of Firestarters.

Ok, it's stocked right with the wood, the actual name of the product, in the front, is "Firestarter" in large, bold letters with flames around it, and on the back, of course:

"Warning: Product is flammable!" :lol:

[BookstoreEscapee]

Well, technically, peanuts are not nuts, they are legumes (http://www.pca.com.au/articles.php?rc=402). So maybe they mean that peanut M&Ms may contain traces of tree nuts like almonds, walnuts, etc...

BTW, the plain M&Ms also have a peanut warning, as do the other flavors, I'm sure...

-ams- who has a nut/peanut phobia and cannot buy any food product without reading the ingredients label

[Rahmota]

Yes thanks to the lovely litiginous losers layering laws left and right we have these strange oxymoronic and redundant warnings.

The gasoline can I bought recently says plainly on the side: Warning gasoline may be flammabile. I would certianly hope so otherwise I wouldnt be trying to run my vehicles on it....

The welding flux I bought recently says welding may cause high tempertures and be hazardous to look at.

The straaaangest one I got is the one for my chain saw. Do not stop chain with hands or body parts.....:eek::confused:

I agree there are somethign that if you are not smart enough to understand its a bad idea (like trying to grab a running chain saw chain!) then you deserve the results. Some of the food warnings while a bit excessive and annoying can be a good idea if its somethign that a person might not notice. The ice cream place example. But to warn that a package may contain eggs when its boiled eggs? Uggg. Humanity we hardly knew ya.

[draggar]

Heh, I also love the warning on my holiday lights:

"WARNING: For indoor or outdoor use only!"

Um......

Umm......

[sms001]

Well, technically, peanuts are not nuts, they are legumes. So maybe they mean that peanut M&Ms may contain traces of tree nuts like almonds, walnuts, etc...


You pegged it. But I find this twist odd. I read Draggar's OP and chuckled and thought to myself - "Well, they probably just print it on ALL the bags to be on the safe side and to save money." (You wouldn't have to set up a separate lettering block for the back package.) Found myself at Walgreens a while later, so as I went down the candy aisle (cripes! Halloween already!!!!) I looked. Sure enough, the PLAIN M & M's said "Warning Product may contain nuts." Gosh you're smart sms001 I said to myself. Hypothesis confirmed. Picked up a bag of Peanut M & M's and read "Warning Product may contain almonds." WTF? So much for my printing idea. All I can imagine now is this. Plain M & M's (and all the other goodies made at the Mars factory) are around products that may contain nuts and as blas87 says, "Nuts may wander." Okay, print that on everything. Now, people already know that PEANUT M & M's contain peanuts, but they may not know that the Mars bars like to do a little slummin' every now and then and there may be some almond extract adrift in the works, so we'll specify that, just on the the peanut ones. Makes perfect sense. Until I realize that Draggar's package doesn't say that. I give up. I'm going back to computer work. Candy litigation is too hard to figure out. :)

[BookstoreEscapee]

sms001 - you make a good point, hehe. I think sometimes it is the case that they make a product in a different facility, so the labels are changed to reflect that? For example, Hershey Hugs, I have seen with a warning label about almonds in the past. Currently, as on the bag I just bought (yum:p), there is no warning about anything. So maybe they used to make them in a factory that also made something with almonds, and now they make them in a different factory. This is my hypothesis, anyway. Kisses, for the record, have never had a nut warning.

Plain M&Ms, I would guess, are made in the same facility as Peanut and Almond. So since the Plain doesn't have either of those items in it's ingredient list, but there is a chance it could pick up some wandering particles, they cover their bases by just saying "nuts"...but since Peanut obviously has peanuts, but may have picked up wandering almond particles, they just list almonds. I'm guessing Almond M&Ms say "may contain peanuts" and now I'll have to look next time I go to the store :).

The wording on the gas can cracks me up, though. May be flammable? When you buy a food item that does not have a certain item in its recipe but is made on shared equipment, then yes, may contain is perfectly logical wording, but I think it is universally accepted that gasoline is flammable. So, maybe you should avoid using this :flame: around a gas can. :lol:

[Kara]

I'd like to see them put a warning label on the planet.

"Warning: May Contain Stupidity"

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I'd like to see them put a warning label on the planet.

"Warning: May Contain Stupidity"

May?

I suspect that's a definite.:eek:

[Lace Neil Singer]

The best label I personally saw wasn't on a food item; it was on a dog blanket and said "Washable Dog Blanket. Caution: Remove Dog First." The mind boggles. :eek:

A close runner up is the label on the yummy chocolate milk I sometimes buy; "Contains Milk." Oh rly?

[draggar]

The best label I personally saw wasn't on a food item; it was on a dog blanket and said "Washable Dog Blanket. Caution: Remove Dog First." The mind boggles. :eek:

DAMNIT, I knew I did something wrong.

Fluffy, you will be missed. :lol::roll::D

[DGoddessChardonnay]

The best label I personally saw wasn't on a food item; it was on a dog blanket and said "Washable Dog Blanket. Caution: Remove Dog First." The mind boggles. :eek:

A close runner up is the label on the yummy chocolate milk I sometimes buy; "Contains Milk." Oh rly?

How about the warning label on a curling iron: Do not use in any orifice

Only thing I can think of on that would be :brainbleach:

[Lace Neil Singer]

Or on a blowtorch; "Do not use to dry hair." O.o People have to be told?

[BlaqueKatt]

peanuts are not nuts-they're tubers(like potatoes, and carrots)-however they are processed on the same equipment as tree nuts("true" nuts)-hence the warning, some individuals may be allergic to walnuts or pecans but not peanuts, and vice versa.

[draggar]

Or on a blowtorch; "Do not use to dry hair." O.o People have to be told?

The hot air gun we use at work has the same label, it heats up to 600 degrees (F). But, to defend the stupid people, it does look like a hair dryer. :)

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Or on a blowtorch; "Do not use to dry hair." O.o People have to be told?

I'm wondering if the warning label on a flamethrower would read:

Do NOT use indoors.:eek:

Scary part is: I wrote a short fanfic piece (vignette, more accurately) involving a flamethrower being used indoors.

You know those ribs were well done. . .:lol: