Who knew? Cadbury is putting this information on a new warning label on its products that contain milk chocolate. They say it is being done to comply with a law concerning allergens present in food products.
My question: Is this really necessary? You would think the name 'Milk Chocolate' would tip off the consumer that milk is present in the product. However, in this overly litigious society in which we live, we will continue to see absurdities such as this.
Maybe it will even help to fend off lawsuits in the future. I guess Cadbury will now be covered should someone go into anaphylactic shock after consuming milk chocolate all the time knowing that they had a milk allergy.
If McDonald's had only told people that their coffee was hot, maybe they would not have been hit with a lawsuit. That did not, however, work for tobacco companies. They complied with all of the laws that made them put warnings on their products. Yet, they were still sued, and lost.
I am not a fan of lawyers, for reasons such as this. When will we wake up and get some common sense?
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