On November 11th, Breitbart posted an article about a recent recall by the Food and Drug Administration.

The article reports:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the recall of nearly 80,000 pounds of butter produced in Texas for Costco. The agency ordered the recall because the product packaging contained no “Contains Milk” allergy statement.

Food & Wine reported that the FDA issued a Class II recall on November 7 for 79,200 pounds of Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream Butter (salted and unsalted). The FDA claimed the butter packaging lists “cream” as an ingredient but does not bear the “Contains Milk” allergy statement.

The American Heritage Dictionary defines butter as follows:

People who are allergic to milk are generally allergic to cream. People who are allergic to milk have probably learned to read labels in order to avoid setting off their milk allergy.

The article includes some interesting screen shots:

As someone who is lactose intolerant (someone who has problems digesting milk), I think this is the dumbest recall ever. People who have the problem have learned to read labels.