Ever read a the label on a bag of peanuts?!
Answers: WARNING MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS
Sainsbury's are slightly more sure of themselves, their bags say " CONTAINS NUTS"
I thought it was a joke, but no, its true, i saw it on thier bags recently.
Verified details of the MCDs "COFFEE is HOT" story that kick started this nonsense can be found on the internet, but as our friendly trolls report me whenever I post a link ( solicitation apparently ? ) I have to cut and paste the text here:
If you want to look up the original try searching on "stella awards"
How about, for instance, Stella herself? Much of the coverage about Stella Liebeck has been grossly unfair. When you have a more complete summary of the facts, you might change your mind about her. Or maybe not -- that's up to you. Did you know the following aspects of the Stella vs. McDonald's case?
Stella was not driving when she pulled the lid off her scalding McDonald's coffee. Her grandson was driving the car, and he had pulled over to stop so she could add cream and sugar to the cup.
Stella was burned badly (some sources say six percent of her skin was burned, other sources say 16 percent was) and needed two years of treatment and rehabilitation, including skin grafts. McDonald's refused an offer to settle with her for $20,000 in medical costs.
McDonald's quality control managers specified that its coffee should be served at 180-190 degrees Fahrenheit. Liquids at that temperature can cause third-degree burns in 2-7 seconds. Such burns require skin grafting, debridement and whirlpool treatments to heal, and the resulting scarring is typically permanent.
From 1982 to 1992, McDonald's coffee burned more than 700 people, usually slightly but sometimes seriously, resulting in some number of other claims and lawsuits.
Witnesses for McDonald's admitted in court that consumers are unaware of the extent of the risk of serious burns from spilled coffee served at McDonald's required temperature, admitted that it did not warn customers of this risk, could offer no explanation as to why it did not, and testified that it did not intend to turn down the heat even though it admitted that its coffee is "not fit for consumption" when sold because it is too hot.
While Stella was awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages, this amount was reduced by 20 percent (to $160,000) because the jury found her 20 percent at fault. Where did the rest of the $2.9 million figure in? She was awarded $2.7 million in punitive damages -- but the judge later reduced that amount to $480,000, or three times the "actual" damages that were awarded.
But...
The resulting $640,000 isn't the end either. Liebeck and McDonald's entered into secret settlement negotiations rather than go to appeal. The amount of the settlement is not known -- it's secret!
The plaintiffs were apparently able to document 700 cases of burns from McDonald's coffee over 10 years, or 70 burns per year. But that doesn't take into account how many cups are sold without incident. A McDonald's consultant pointed out the 700 cases in 10 years represents just 1 injury per 24 million cups sold! For every injury, no matter how severe, 23,999,999 people managed to drink their coffee without any injury whatever. Isn't that proof that the coffee is not "unreasonably dangerous"?
Even in the eyes of an obviously sympathetic jury, Stella was judged to be 20 percent at fault -- she did, after all, spill the coffee into her lap all by herself. The car was stopped, so she presumably was not bumped to cause the spill. Indeed she chose to hold the coffee cup between her knees instead of any number of safer locations as she opened it. Should she have taken more responsibility for her own actions?
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Its a law. Peanuts are among the top allergens and the need to be pointed out even if they are obvious. I see milk that says contains dairy all the time.
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Only when my peanuts are nasty as hell.!
I want to see what garbage they put into them to make them nasty.
yeah the first thing is Warning peanuts!
What's up with that????.....Is that why they are nasty?
i'm checking a jar of peanuts right now........wow....wtf?! you my friend, should be head of quality control for the world.
lol. wow.
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it's funny what they write in their warnings but there may be a reason behind it:
Stating-the-obvious packaging instructions have been on the rise following a legal case involving McDonald's coffee in 1994. The fast-food chain was ordered to pay $2.7 million (about ￡1.7 million at today's exchange rate) to a woman who scalded herself after trying to drive away from one of its outlets with a cup of coffee in her lap.
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yup i have....
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