Majority Support Banning Common Allergen Foods in Public — Do You?
- Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:56pm by
Liz Klimas
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A recent NPR-Thomson Reuters Health Poll of 3,000 adults reported 59 percent of them would be fine with having foods that are common allergens banned from public places as a safety measure.
But, as NPR reports, what constitutes a food allergy can be hard to identify and quantify in a population:
“Food allergy has no universally accepted definition,” according to a review of the medical literature that was published last year in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. That has complicated the task of coming up with precise figures on of the prevalence of food allergies.
Though peanut products may already be banned in some schools, what and where else is next? (The Parent Experiment)
Some schools and other public places have already banned items like peanut butter. After considering to ban peanuts on planes in 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation decided in 2011 that it was unenforceable and abandoned the topic for now. Although, United and AirTran airlines decided not to carry snack nuts on board.
Though peanuts and other nut allergies are the most publicized because they have the most severe reactions, 9 percent of those surveyed had peanut allergies, compared to more than one-third with a dairy allergy and 19 percent with a fruit allergy.
The survey also asked if people felt food allergy fears were overblown: 51.5 percent said no.
What do you think?
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Comments (163)
ThumpYourSkull
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:06amI’m allergic to Hope and Change…
Report Post »CHRISBOLT123
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:15amThats awesome…..I am as well.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:22ambubble boy syndrome …………..affecting liberals everywhere
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:25amegggggggggggselent
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:49amLiberals are suddenly obsessed with controlling the food supply. It’s scary, especially with that insane science czar Obama has; John Holdren, the one that advocated putting sterilants in the public water supplies and in staple foods. These power mad Liberals need to go!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 4:49amIf you are alergic to peanuts, don’t get on an airplane stupid!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 4:58amDITTO! … Ban Hope and Change … and BRING BACK AMERICA!
TEA!
Report Post »SkunkWorks
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 5:01am+1 for the win!!!!
Report Post »sdeakins
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 6:37amWoo, dude, it’s a pandemic from Hype and Chains.
Report Post »BillyPenn
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 6:45amI don’t believe in Hope & Change. I believe in Change & Hope. I change the channel and hope he is not on the next one.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 6:47amAmen Brutha from anutha Mutha!! Hehehehe!!!
Report Post »Moocephus
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 7:01amOf course if NPR says it, Its gotta be true. Any news agency funded by our tax dollars has GOT to be legit. UHG, im allergic to NPR!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 7:21amWhen Obama and his family quit eating all the things they want to ban or control, then I might consider it. Hell will freeze over first, so no problem (and that includes their late night snacks in their private fridge).
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:01amIf you know you are allergic to a certain food group and you continue to eat it, you deserve what you get for being too ignorant or obstinate to stop. Where does it stop if they did do this? There wouldn’t be a food store left in business if this occurred! How stupid is that idea. Must have come from the “regulatory brilliance” of one Cass Sundstein; that guy would regulate SUNLIGHT if he could find a way…… We all can attribute the over-regulation of this regime to one person, the same Cass Sundstein!
Report Post »tvr54
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:19amThat makes 3 of us.
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 9:02amMe too!! I‘m also allergic to reverse racism and socialist’s claiming to be Constitutional scholars! Please help protect me from my allergies.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 9:21amwHERE DID THE POLL TO GET A 59% APPROVAL BECAUSE ON THIS SIGHT OUT OF 2659 THEY GOTA 1.6% APPROVAL.
Report Post »NPR is point blank lying about the results.
txn4justice
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 9:22amFunny
Report Post »patriotone
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 9:37amYup, I am also allergic to both Hope and Change. Hope is a dream and Optimism is the only cure. Change is all I have left.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 10:45am@ SHIROI RAION:
It’s a very simple premise. If you control the food, you control the nation. Obama and his czars are trying everything in their power to accomplish that.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 3:12pmI‘m allergic to SOY and it’s put in EVERYTHING cause the FDA thinks it’s GOOD FOR YOU.. BTW my grandson is also allergic to it..
Report Post »woemcat
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 6:47pmso am i. can we ban obama and his regime?
seriously, this is stupid leftist crap. if a child has severe allergies, the parent can work w/ schools for suitable substitutions for the child or pack a lunch for the child.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:00amFor the sake of bubble boy, ban everything!
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:17amMy wife works at a Chinese Restaurant and weekly gets told that they are allergic to MSG. When only 1/2 of a % of people are allergic to it, people are stupid.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 3:59amI think ban the peanuts and leave the rest of the stuff alone! http://wp.me/pYLB7-1kk
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 10:45am@LORIANN12
Report Post »Problem is people don’t know the difference between side effect and allergic reaction when talking about MSG. Many, many people have side effects to MSG (i.e. headache), but, as you said, few have an immunologic reaction to it. Those with a strong tendency towards headaches are really sensitive to MSG. I steer clear of it as its just another source of sodium I don’t need.
Samantha3
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:59pmGood grief, a significant percentage of the population has some amount of allergy to wheat. Are you going to ban all products with wheat? Running from allergies only produces greater sensitivity. Exposure in measure amounts will allow the body to strengthen and adapt. I‘m allergic to many things but would never think to tell other people they can’t have something because of my problem.
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:40amI agree! I can not eat gluten……wheat is one of those things that have gluten. Don’t ban it but I do need good honest labeling!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 4:59amDucky
I agree .. I too can not eat gluten .. but I don’t want to deny others .. just label clearly and I will avoid it myself!
TEA!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 6:40amI have celiac disease, which means I can’t have wheat, oats, barley or rye. (Oats in America are rotated with wheat, but Irish oats are grown in dedicated fields, so they’re fine.) I’m for better labeling, but not banning those foods in public. That’s just ridiculous. Celiac isn’t technically an allergy, but an autoimmune disorder. Right now, since barley and rye aren’t recognized as allergens, they don’t even have to list them on the label, it can be hidden under “natural ingredients.” Which means I get a severe stomach ache when I eat them. My sister-in-law is allergic to shell fish. If you banned all allergens, you would have to quit selling food. I adapt. There are places I can‘t go because there’s nothing I can eat there. Get over it.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:58pmPigs are a known allergen to Muslims, and a few other religions!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 3:13pmand I think we should see if their allergic by bombing them with PIGS..
Report Post »twofoot_trucker
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:54pmIt’s absolutely disgusting that this is even being discussed. We used to be a nation of giants. Now? Now we’re a nation of pansies.
Report Post »tvr54
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:22amHey Trucker i couldn’t agree more
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:39pmI’m allergic to stupidity, can we ban Al Franken or Al Gore? I am also allergic to vegetables and protein, lets ban liberals and meatheads.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:34pmQuite frankly I would be tempted to bop a food cop over the head and stuff him down a manhole if he questioned what I was eating.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:40pmBarney Frank would like that.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:27pmI’m allergic to liberals, can we ban them too?
Report Post »asybot
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:52pmdo not worry before the ban comes in they’ll eat themselves
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:26pmI would like to see a congressional hearing regarding the fact that our government officials decided it was ok to feed us GMO (genetically Modified Organisms) without our knowledge. This should be labeled on ALL products. High Fructose Corn Syrup is a GMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A-DYK4M4Q
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:39pmMy point of GMOs is, Peanuts became an allergen after being genetically modified.
Report Post »Educate yourselves…Please.
Edward
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:26pmSeriously, if you have a severe allergy and are dumb enough to trust your meal to a 10 dollar an hour cook then its your own damn fault if you get sick. As a cook, this nonsense drives me nuts. I have to change my whole procedure cuz of some ass’s allergy. Seriously if its that bad stay the F home and cook for yourself.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 6:43amExactly. I don’t walk into a chinese resturant and demand they use gluten free soy sauce. I find out if I can get it without sometimes, but there are a lot of places I just don’t go. It’s the liberals mentality of the world revolving around themselves.
Report Post »heyjms
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:25pmI wonder if you would get arrested carrying a WMD if you fill your backpack with peanuts and walk around downtown
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:24pmI’m opposed to an outright ban but would accept warning signs or even making certain items a “by request only” menu item.
Report Post »SAC crewdog
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 9:40amCan‘t wait to see the gov’t mandating warning stickers on each individual peanut.
Report Post »(What’s really an outrage is that, nowadays, that’s not a discountable proposition.)
KMM
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:23pmI say The Blaze poll needs a 3rd option… “No, take some personal responsibility”
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:19pmThe same 59% would cry over spilled milk.
Report Post »psst
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:17pmWell! Since diferent things ,such as different foods (peanuts,shellfish etc),soaps, perfumes, rubber gloves and a host of other things can be allergic to different peoples.
Report Post »It’s obvious that we should ban everything.
We all should dig a big hole and crawl in and pull the dirt back over US.
Safe at last.
angelcat
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:31pmYou are so correct. Everything is an allegen to someone. Why not just ban everything?
Report Post »psst
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:16amWell Angel.
Report Post »I can’t hear ya too well.
I’m all Dug In fer the night.
I knew when I bought a shovel to get ready for one O those shovel ready jobs, that shovel would someday/night come in handy. It only took me 1/2 hr to dig my safe hole.
Breathing is geting kinda difficult though.
neverending
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:12pmno, no, no, no, no, no, no, no and resounding to to anything and everything this sorry sob’s want to regulate.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:12pmAs the mother of a 3 year old with a peanut allergy I still say no. It would make mine and my daughters lives a lot easier, but it isn‘t fair to everyone else and certainly isn’t the role of the government. If a business or school chooses to do that voluntarily is up to them. If someone informs them ahead of time and they choose to accommodate that person great! For example if I was flying and informed the airline of my daughters allergy I think they could voluntarily ask other flyers not to bring PB on board, but if they chose not to I would have to accept that and find another way to travel (because on an airplane if someone opened up PB or a bag of peanuts my daughter could be dead before we ever got her help. An epi-pen only buys you about 20 mins to get to an ER.)
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:17pmThan you from WE the PEOPLE!
Report Post »noline
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:08pmI smell a nudge.
Report Post »Karena
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:18pmI FEEL a shove! The answer is HELL no!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:23ami feel a return punch to the nose
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:07pm3,000….yea…like 3,000 is a frick’n M A J O R I T Y…..it isn’t a M A J O R I T Y….so stop writing like that..it is frickn M A J O R I T Y out of 308,745,538…..so are you saying that 3,000 is the M A J O R I T Y…OF THAT NUMER…wow…what a bunch of tools…
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:07pmDoes anyone believe that poll?
Report Post »Mavrick2012
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:08amI believe the poll that the blaze got going right now…lol…Looks like the Logical Americans again out weigh the Obama’s Policies once again. Did you expect any thing less?
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:07pmCan we just ban liberals and progressives, because they sure make me sick. My blood pressure goes up every time I here one.
Report Post »amendment1
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:23pmDon’t forget breaking out into a sweat and swelling of the head!
Report Post »Buttercup
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:31amAnd blood shooting from your eyes!
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:05pmSeriously. We do not have other things to worry about?
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 11:40amYeah, like losing every freedom we used to have. I‘m allergic to shellfish so you can’t have it? I can‘t buy the kind of light bulb I like because you think I shouldn’t have it? Are they going to ban hot dogs at ball games because my vegan neighbor thinks they are gross? Sick of power-hungry fanatics taking away my freedom.
Report Post »beverlee
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:04pmI’m allergic to apples. NO APPLES IN PUBLIC.
I’m allergic to mold.NO MOLD IN PUBLIC.
I’m allergic to stupid people…..you get the picture.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:33pmI’m allergic to the smell of coffee – gives me bad headaches, therefore all stores selling coffee must stop brewing it, right? Good by Starbucks!
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:52amAttack the coffee houses and we are all doomed. I really don’t function without a morning cup.
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:01pmEveryday it is something new with these idiots! when will it stop?
Report Post »Andi Soucy
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:16pmI suppose that we continue to re-elect the same government leaders in spite of their failure to truly represent our needs and wishes. We elect people whose looks we like and whose oratorical skills impress us. They say hope springs eternal, but that is a pretty slim defense in the face of reality. Things will only improve when we replace the self-seeking elected with representatives who truly represent us. It’s time to stop acting like the mindless peasants they consider us. DID YOU VOTE IN THE LAST ELECTION? If not, I don’t want to hear any more complaints. We all need to step up and vote, contact the elected with our opinions, and hold them accountable to their promises. Get off the keyboard, attend town hall events, and find others in your area who are likeminded. Alone we are pretty powerless but united we have the strength needed to bring about the changes necessary to get us to the America we want. Read, listen, and watch the reports of daily events and act on them if you feel we need to make changes.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:58pm3000 Barry supporters want to grab your nuts
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:28pmGet hold of yourself man ! Only 1770 (59% of 3000) want to grab your nuts.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:31pm@booger
Report Post »They can’t have my nuts but they are welcome to what comes out the backside of me. And barry and moochelle can be first in line and claim first dibs.