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Thorn, Michael
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Fri, 27 Dec 2002 11:17:31 -0500
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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>

Thank you for contacting us. Your comments regarding Nestlé® Toll House(tm)
Morsels are very 
important to us. 
In regards to your inquiry, there are eight major food allergens, including
milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts 
(such as walnuts and almonds), soy, wheat, fish and shellfish. Labeling
regulation requires that all 
ingredients added to products be listed in the ingredient statement. For
these eight major allergens, 
Nestlé ensures that they are labeled, regardless of the amount or whether a
supplier may have added it 
to their ingredient. It is the responsibility of Nestlé to ensure that these
ingredients are properly labeled 
by their common or usual name in the ingredient statement. 
We want to help our consumers avoid inadvertent ingestion of their specific
allergens of concern by 
accurately informing them about the product ingredients and by following
Good Manufacturing 
Practices in our factories. All factories using a critical allergen as an
ingredient must take all 
reasonable precautions to avoid cross-contact of products that do not
normally contain these allergens 
and products that do not carry a specific mention in the ingredient
statement. These precautionary 
measures include efficient cleaning of production lines and equipment and
strict separation of 
materials that may contain critical allergens. If an allergen does not
appear on the ingredient 
statement, then it has not been added to the product and the likelihood of
cross-contamination contact 
is so extremely low that the risk is insignificant. 
We appreciate the opportunity to be of service to you and hope your inquiry
was handled to your 
satisfaction. 

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