In food, that is.
Wonderful husband did the grocery shopping today for our Superbowl dinner tonight. This was great because I took son to Sunday school and picked up daughter from a sleepover.
He got a strange brand of canned tomatoes, which still looks OK. He got veggies, milk, etc. which were all fine.
But he bought Barilla pasta. This is made on the same line as their “extra protein” pastas, which are NOT fine for our chickpea and lentil allergic son. They are not required to list “chick peas” or “lentils” on their ingredients because these are not among the 8 most common allergens and so not covered by the labeling law. We called Barilla a couple years ago and confirmed that the chick pea and lentil ingredients could cross-contaminate all their other pasta.
If you or your child has allergies that are not in the top 8 most common, you may have to call manufacturers more often than other food allergic families. Here’s a list of the 8 most common allergens.
I love my brand names. Hubby, thanks for shopping, but please get me San Giorgio next time!