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Susan Fradin has nightmares about Cheerios. Specifically, the Honey Nut variety. Her son Noah is allergic to peanuts and almonds, and her nighttime torment began during his first trip to sleepaway camp, when he was 9. Fradin, a former publicist in Los Angeles, worried that her son would eat cereal he shouldn't and go into anaphylactic shock. "I woke up in the middle of the night thinking, What if he eats Honey Nut Cheerios thinking they are regular Cheerios?" she says...
...people like Markopolos and Goldman may have more answers than Kotz and his staff want to hear, but they are at least taking notes. "If Markopolos approached me, I might have thought he was a nut case," says Goldman, "But when you read his presentation, you would be forced to change your mind. It's very persuasive. People like us are different, that's why we do what we do. We are a little crazy, but we see harmful things and we want them stopped...
...peanut-containing products, from off-brand dog biscuits to Trader Joe's vegan pad Thai, and sent sales of peanut butter plunging 25%, despite assurances that jars on supermarket shelves are not tainted. But the panic illustrates just how thoroughly the legume (Arachis hypogaea is, technically, not a nut), fashioned into a paste, has permeated the American diet. Spread on crackers, slathered on celery, melted with chocolate: peanut butter goes with almost anything...
...decade, Skippy was fighting it out with other established brands like Peter Pan and Heinz. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches invaded children's lunch boxes soon after: by one 2002 estimate, the average American child eats 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before graduating from high school. In the 1990s, nut-allergy fears led some schools to eliminate peanuts from cafeteria menus. Still, peanut butter remains an $800 million industry--which is one of the reasons Jif and Peter Pan are spending millions on new ad campaigns to remind consumers how good food that sticks to the roof of your mouth...
...peanut butter served in dining halls will not be affected by the new policy. According to Nelson, the safety of the various peanut butters HUDS serves—Teddie Peanut Butter, the bulk residential dining peanut butter; Once Again Nut Butter, the organic peanut butter; and Smucker’s Peanut Butter personal packs, offered in retail locations and catering, was confirmed at the onset of the outbreak...