Is it just me, or have health and safety gone over the top on food labels ?

That’s what happens when people sue for stupid sh*t.

Ever seen this one?

”Floor slippery when wet.”

wtf.

That is so people know the floor is wet tho .
still silly why not just say wet floor

My hair dryer has a tag that says Do not use in bathtub. Hmmm…

When is a wet floor not slippery? Think.

if people weren’t greedy bastards who sued because they “didn’t know”, companies wouldn’t have to treat people like morons and let them know.
ever heard of the woman who sued because her coffee burned her?

It’s all because of the litigious nature of consumers. And it doesn’t just apply to food labels. I once heard a radio ad with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln announcing a President’s Day sale at some department store. At the end of the spot some guy announces, “Celebrity voices impersonated.”
Well, Duh!

A lot of food labels state the obvious—but sometimes foods contain things that are common allergens where you wouldn’t expect it. If you have a kid with severe allergies to eggs or soy, those labels are vital if you don’t want to take a trip to the ER.

When I was a toddler teacher, before labels had to state “Contains soy” or “Contains egg products” or whatever, I had a little boy in my class who was highly allergic to dairy, soy, and eggs. His parents brought in all of his snacks and his lunch, but to be safe they gave me a list of ingredients that come from soy or eggs. The list was very long, and a lot of the “ingredients” were unfamiliar forms of soy, egg, or dairy. Popcorn flavored rice cakes have egg products in them (I will always know this because it necessitated a trip to the ER for that little boy).
But I do think warnings about hot drinks being very hot or wet floors being slippery are ridiculous. If my coffee wasn’t hot, I’d be kind of pissed.

It’s like a bulldozer with “Do not operate when asleep.” on it.

My prescription Ambien, a sleeping pill, has the warning, “May cause drowsiness.” (I’m hoping so.)

@chyna – that is my personal favorite.

well the problem is insurance coverage… some dumb ass who’s allergic to nuts had a big heaping helping of pb and J, got sent to the hospital and cried lawsuit claiming “I didn’t know it had nuts in it” and won, so now they do it to save their asses.

I don’t blame them really. what choice do they have? Judicial systems don’t account common sense in their rulings.

Also, in the U.S. at least, there’s a law that states that the big food allergens (wheat, soy, dairy, tree nuts, peanuts, fish and eggs) must be marked clearly on the label so that people who are allergic to those things will not eat it by mistake. In the past, yes, they had to list the ingredients, but some people didn’t know that processed forms of those ingredients might have another name (such as “textured vegetable protein” contains soy, or “meringue” contains eggs).

My sweetie was allergic to wheat at the time, and it was a big help to us – we could see where wheat ingredients might have been hidden inconspicuously and avoid eating that product.

@ABoyNamedBoobs03 That’s silly since peanuts aren’t nuts.