Hold The Mayo, De Facto
A Mother’s Wisdom #7
You may have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you recently when you shopped for your trusty quart of Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. Actually, you probably didn’t notice at all that Hellmann’s “quart” is no longer the regulation 32 oz., but has shrunk to 30 oz. instead. Notice that the price did not shrink accordingly.
This is one example posted to an informative site, mouseprint.org. It cautions you to read that fine print, even if you must bring along a magnifying glass to do so. An additional story from last July reveals that even the most vigilant among us can be fooled, due to missing information on projects that are supposed to reveal all.
The mother of a child with peanut allergies found out the hard way that peanut oil appears in an unexpected place–their family toothpaste. Turns out that Aquafresh contains gluten, and that mother’s son fell ill after using it. The company responded: “GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Aquafresh, says that the peanut oil is not listed on their label because they are not required to — only food products must list major allergens, not health and beauty aids.” They later claim to have removed all remnants of peanut oil.
As this site cautions, “The worst mouse print is the mouse print that is missing.”
- Virginia Brackett, BSMT, Ph.D.
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