pufftheminidragon:

thebibliosphere:

….they’re what now???

Here’s the article that I believe OP is talking about:

New label law has unintended effect: Sesame in more foods

A new federal law requiring that sesame be listed as an allergen on food labels is having unintended consequences — increasing the number of

AP NEWS

To summarize, the FDA is now enforcing a law that sesame be labeled as a major allergen on all food packaging, and that companies/bakeries must take steps to prevent cross-contamination in items that don’t contain sesame (deep cleaning equipment between recipes, storing things separately, etc).

For a variety of reasons, some companies have opted to instead purposefully include sesame in recipes and label their food as containing sesame instead of doing allergen cleanings and the like (AP names a few companies, including Olive Garden, Chick-fil-A, Wendy’s, and United States Bakery), as this does not violate the law, though the FDA has put out a statement saying that it “does not support” the action.

So as a heads up, some previously safe foods that may or may not have had some cross-contamination risk could no longer be safe foods.