Dear Christine,
Thank you for contacting us about our HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Bar.
We
understand the importance of providing accurate information when
responding to your nutrition and health-related questions or concerns.
As you are aware, we manufacture a wide variety of products. In addition
to some of our products being similar in nature, we also offer many of the same products in a variety of sizes. These factors may impact the information you've requested.
We
would also like to assure you that we take food allergies very seriously
at The Hershey Company and have strict procedures in place to prevent
crossover of allergens into other products that do not contain the
allergen. In instances where we have a concern about possible
contamination by an allergen, we take the added precaution of including
an allergy information statement on the label. As always, the
single most important thing you can do to maintain an allergen-free diet
is to carefully read all product labels prior to each purchase.
If
you should have additional questions, please call us at 800-468-1714,
weekdays, 9 am - 4 pm ET. Any of our Consumer Representatives will be
glad to assist you with any questions you may have regarding our
products.
Your interest in our company is appreciated.
Sherkina
Consumer Representative
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my own tips to get through life, and a catalogue of manufacturer responses to the question, "are your products safe for someone who needs to avoid cross-contamination by peanut and tree nut dust?"
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Newman's pasta sauces - SAFE, salad dressing - NOT SAFE
10/12/2011
Dear Ms. Young,
Thank you for taking the time to write to us at Newman's Own.
All of our products are labeled in compliance with FDA regulations concerning food allergens. The manufacturing plants where our products are produced all have Allergen Management Programs which involve employee training, proper storage and labeling of ingredients containing allergens, scheduling production of products without allergens before production of products with allergens and rigorous sanitation and testing procedures for the manufacturing equipment between production of different products.
With respect to pasta sauces, there are currently no peanuts or tree nuts in our manufacturing facilities. With respect to salad dressing, there are no peanuts in the facilities, but there are tree nuts both in the plant as well as on shared production equipment.
We hope this information was helpful. Thank you for your interest in our products.
Sincerely,
Newman's Own Customer Service
Dear Ms. Young,
Thank you for taking the time to write to us at Newman's Own.
All of our products are labeled in compliance with FDA regulations concerning food allergens. The manufacturing plants where our products are produced all have Allergen Management Programs which involve employee training, proper storage and labeling of ingredients containing allergens, scheduling production of products without allergens before production of products with allergens and rigorous sanitation and testing procedures for the manufacturing equipment between production of different products.
With respect to pasta sauces, there are currently no peanuts or tree nuts in our manufacturing facilities. With respect to salad dressing, there are no peanuts in the facilities, but there are tree nuts both in the plant as well as on shared production equipment.
We hope this information was helpful. Thank you for your interest in our products.
Sincerely,
Newman's Own Customer Service
Thursday, September 13, 2012
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