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> Our food shouldn't contain allergens

But one person's allergens are another's tasty ingredients. I love my sesame bagels. I don't even know what food would remain if you banned all the allergens. Tapioca powder with beef flavors?

Sesame is one thing. It's delicious but probably not a major subsistence food for anyone. Chinese restaurants would miss their sesame oils though.

Next, it's hard enough to ban fish and shellfish. Many subcultures depend on them, especially near major bodies of water.

No tree nuts or peanuts? A lunch staple gone for millions. Jam will be so lonely.

Or wheat. Or milk. Or egg. Or soy? That's the end of breakfast and bakeries and dessert, I guess. The vegetarians will get awfully hungry.

I think at that point, the only thing left to eat would be the regulators themselves. Karma's never been so tasty...



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