I was devastated and especially as I have not had an attack since I was 2yrs old I found it all unnecessary...and have never really got over it.
but I have been caught out with a fruit cake. I took one bite and I knew straight away there was something wrong. I found out it had mixed nuts in it, but luckily I didn;t go into anaphylaxis. That was only a couple of years ago so, I do know I still have an allergy but I am just particularly aware now of what i eat and just ask if it has been cooked in peanut oil.
Bit of a contradiction here then?
I have seen recent news that some foods, or food retailers, are warning that although their product is not known to contain nuts they cannot guarantee that to product is not nut contaminated.
As we go to increased factory produced foodstuffs the risk will surely increase. Do Service Rat packs contain the full 'contamination' list the same as commercial products?