Quick Study [kwik stuhd-ee]: The Huffington Post Canada's tips
to make your life a little sweeter, five minutes at a time.
Think of it as a cheatsheet for your general well-being. If
you're unable to tell the difference between the words "may
contain trace amounts of peanuts" and "manufactured in a
facility that processes peanuts", then you're not alone. That's
according to a Canadian study published earlier this month. The
study called for both Canadian health agencies and US food
agencies to reduce the number of existing allergy labels because
the current number leaves consumers without a clear message. "We
should narrow (various allergy labels) to only one which will be
clear," said Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan. Shoshan worked on the study
and is a professor of allergy and immunology at McGill
University Health Center in Montreal. The study looked at the
different variations of allergy warnings that shoppers could
find in their local grocery store: "may contain" traces of an
allergen, "manufactured in a facility"