Worst type of allergy labelling ruining what’s probably a great product. Don’t cop out, inform! @CentraIRL pic.twitter.com/5zYKsXDtvV
— Lynne (@Lynne_coeliac) August 20, 2015
Yikes.
Anyone?
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…..you define yourself on twitter by your intolerance to gluten?
Oh it’s more than that now…it’s a MOVEMENT, godammit. It also ordains one into the LABEL POLICE.
I dunno about sticking ‘coeliac’ into my twitter handle, but as a (non-fundamentalist*) coeliac, labelling is important. The rule of thumb is ‘wheat = bad’, so a chicken and stuffing sandwich is bad for two reasons (bread and, er, stuffing). It is, of course, more subtle than that, so if you have a look at bog-standard Tayto, they contain gluten, though the Bistro variety don’t.
Take a look at the ingredients on that product there and it *genuinely* isn’t apparent if it’s the kind of thing that’ll be grand, or have a coeliac on the sh*tter for days. The Label Police accusation is harsh; coeliacs depend on correct labelling. It’s also the law. You’re quite within your rights to say it’s a stupid law, but I’ll respectfully disagree.
(*by fundamentalist, I mean that I appreciate and understand that not it’s not practical for every food outlet to accommodate me, and don’t get up on my high horse railing against Burger King because I can’t have a Bacon Double Cheese Burger any more)
“multigrain” – yeah – sorry missed that :) but still should be spelt (haha!) out more explicitly.
Fair point about the labelling, so yes, the ‘label police’ tag was harsh on my part. But if the contents are in any way ambiguous then why not buy something that is clearly-labelled instead? Everyone (not just coeliacs, vegans or the lactose-intolerant) have an aversion to some types of food.
Can’t argue with the ‘buy something else’ line, but that *doesn’t* take away from the fact that the labelling is a cop-out. As you say yourself, everyone has an aversion, so wouldn’t it be bloody nice if the provider of the food tipped you off in advance?
They have. ‘Contains allergens’ alerts those with a food allergies not to eat this product. Given the rich array of foodstuffs in our stores, this wouldn’t pose a problem to the average consumer.
Looks like it was cleaned out of a Guinea Pig cage, with a free bag of cat sick.
What do you want for a fiver?
*this*
‘may also contain food’
The milk in Superquinn used to have a label ‘may contain traces of nuts’.
…multi-grain salad…probably not gluten-free Lynn…you’re welcome.
Diarrhoea, excessive wind and constipation is not thing I would want to include on my twitter handle.
Hah. Is that not what the D stands for?
That joke will run and run all day
If certain people insist on claiming to be “intolerant” to random sh1te left right and centre then I completely see why labels are done like this for maximum arse covering. “Faddy knobheads ruin everything for genuinely ill people” would be a good headline.
…people with genuine allergies wouldn’t touch shop made salads like these even if they were labelled glutten-free or lactose free. People with serious allergies, such as those that can induce anaphylaxis, probably wouldn’t even touch the box.
She does have a serious allergy to gluten – she writes about it every week. Found her facebook page of the same name: https://www.facebook.com/lynnecaffreycoeliac?fref=ts
+1
Get a chicken fillet role, can of coke and a packet of munchies. Much safer. Some Johnny Bue, for a nice postprandial smoke afterwards.
Id be more worried about the wasp trapped between the plastic cover and the mayonaise… looks manky
That’s not mayonnaise, that’s the “chargrilled chicken”.
When did we become so precious?
“Probably a great product”?
Jay-sus.
The chicken is from a frozen wasteland in hell.
If a person has an serious allergy, they’d surely make all their own meals in their own kitchens.
Trusting a label in a convenience store while ‘grabbing something on the go’ is the giveaway here.
Hardly a serious condition.
largely true; i’m a fully paid up member of the flash and sandwiches brigade now!
however, the label here is pointless; ‘contains allergens’ tells nobody anything specific.
It says “Are you allergic to stuff that 99% of people aren’t allergic to? Then you should probably be making your own sambos cos it isn’t economically viable for us to accommodate you in a mass production facility. Sorry”
Oops, didn’t see the ‘freshly prepared in store’.
It’d be the most conscientious Centra ever if they catered for allergies!
https://www.fsai.ie/faq/allergens.html
rightly or wrongly, they’re *meant* to highlight what, if any, allergens are contained in the foodstuff. Stating that there are ‘allergens’ contained isn’t enough.
I don’t deny for a moment that this is a pain in the hole for your average mom’n’pop shop, but i don’t categorise Musgraves in that bracket, frankly…
The ‘no allergens’ label is really telling you what you should already telling yourself, “looks dodge, I’ll wait till I get home to eat”.
I agree with you though, it’s a cop out but I’d rather err on the side of caution.
Her Facebook has a post containing gluten-free plasticine. Nuff’ said.
Yes because little kids with coeliac disease don’t know not to eat / stick hands in mouth after playing with wheat filled plasticine. It’s not about being part of a fad – avoiding gluten is the only way to treat this particular disease.
disease? ?? wtf u on
?
http://www.hse.ie/eng/health/az/C/Coeliac-disease/Symptoms-of-coeliac-disease.html
If you want to see why places give generalised labels just read this:
https://www.fsai.ie/faq/allergens.html
Ray: What… what is that?
Rachel: Hummus.
Rayr: Hummus?
Rachel: From the healthfood place. Kept one of the menues last time we were here.
[Ray nods his head]
Rachel: [Scoffs] You said order!
Ray: I meant order *food*.
“menues”, this hurts to read.
Forget the allergens…Look at the “chicken” :(
Some choice cuts from her Facebook page, ‘Coelliac? Me?’
“Hate it that a goodbye lunch became all about being a bloody coeliac.”
“I’m the only coeliac in my house.”
“Love is: a coeliac buying her husband pork pies.”
Gluten intolerance me hoop
They told you it’s got allergens…if your allergic to stuff don’t eat it..simples
Anyway your probably not allergic. Probably just got the squirts one day after a scatter of pints and decided to blame it on the cheese dish instead
Stasi
…seriously good headline btw
Yep!