Despite an FDA warning that several Bimbo Bakeries USA products are misbranded due to sesame labeling, the company insists on maintaining its current labels, claiming it protects sesame-allergic consumers.
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Bimbo officials confirmed their position in an email to the AP on Wednesday, calling it a “conservative approach” for consistent labeling of nationally distributed products. But CSPI and other food safety advocates said the standoff continues a practice that misleads the estimated 33 million Americans with food allergies and results in limited choices for the more than 1.6 million who are allergic to sesame.
Several companies said they did that because it was too difficult and expensive to keep sesame used in one part of a baking plant out of another and they wanted to avoid liability and cost. The FDA has said thatIn its response to the FDA, Bimbo said it has plants where some products are made with sesame and some are not.
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