As Sure As Eggs Is…

Friday, September 25, 2009 7:20 | Filed in Life, Ranting

Eggbox (flickr)

I was a little surprised the other day when I had bought some free-range eggs (look, I’m quite happy to eat the unborn children of chickens, but only if those chickens have been kept in relatively reasonable conditions) to discovery the allergy advice given on the box.

Just in case you can’t quite make out the allergy advice on the box, have a look at this close up:

Eggbox Allergy Advice: Contains Egg

Yes, that’s right. The eggs I purchased contain egg.

You’d hardly be surprised that eggs would “contain egg” or that a packet of peanuts “contains nuts”. In fact, you’d likely be somewhat annoyed if you purchased these and discovered that they didn’t.

Look, don’t get me wrong, I’m all in favour of allergy advice being printed. If you can’t be sure your chocolate factory is peanut free, warn people that your chocolate may contain nut traces, as you don’t really want people turning purple and collapsing if they are allergic to them and you haven’t warned ‘em, but is it really necessary to warn us a product may contain a particular item which is indicated by the product itself?

Although since we live in a society where people seem to feel the need to indicate on packaging that a cup of coffee may be hot, it’s hardly surprising that… [trails off, ranting incoherently and frothing at the mouth]

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38 Comments to As Sure As Eggs Is…

  1. Mike says:

    September 25th, 2009 at 7:39 am

    I’ve gone off eggs since I saw this:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ–faib7to

  2. JackP says:

    September 25th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    I thought you were already a veggie?

  3. The Goldfish says:

    September 25th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Eggs are not unborn chicken children and so most vegetarians eat them (they are used in veggie burgers, etc – and at one point Linda McCartney’s factory got in trouble for using battery eggs).

    Very occasionally with free range, you do get a little bit of blood or embryonic material in there, but eggs ought to be sold unfertilised. It’s like a kind of tasty and nutritious reproductive discharge.

  4. JackP says:

    September 26th, 2009 at 9:28 am

    @Goldfish, yes I know they’re not really the unborn children of chickens – that tag like was used in Viz by the spoof Sausage Marketing Council who were exhorting people to eat sausages instead.

    Besides, eggs aren’t vegetables :-)

    I know most vegetarians are lacto-ovo-vegetarians; it’s vegans who don’t eat eggs/milk. I suppose that means I count as a lacto-ovo-gallo-bovo-porco-ducko-sheepo-pesco-servo-vegetarian.

    I dunno, if you’re allowed exceptions, I don’t see why I shouldn’t be allowed them also…

  5. mark says:

    September 29th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    i like that fact there’s still a feather in the box – it’s as though the chicken couldn’t be bothered to wipe it’s backside afterwards

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