Labels.

Earlier this week I found myself queueing to buy cups of tea for some of the “Cake Friday” merry band, in a bakery/coffee shop/sandwich bar famous for it’s sausage rolls. I’m sure you know what I mean 😉 Standing in line behind several other customers I noticed a sign stuck to the perspex screen but had to really lean forward to be able to see it, much to the consternation of the person in front of me in the line. It seemed to announce a change to one of their sandwich ingredients – mayonnaise. Due to the war in Ukraine they were unable to source sunflower oil and had switched to rapeseed oil. Immediately that raised a red flag in my head. A young friend of ours is very allergic to rapeseed oil as well as the pollen produced every year causing the flu-like symptoms of severe hayfever. Other people we know have allergies which are much more dangerous and can result in hospitalisation. Accurate labelling is absolutely crucial to protect everyone with any dietary issue. So well done and thank you to Greggs for making it quite clear. Let’s hope other producers maintain safe practices.