We're stuck in a vicious cycle with food allergens - first peanuts, now sesame, and possibly eggs in the future.
When kids are exposed to the above early and often, they're much less likely to develop allergies. However, to protect the allergic, peanuts and now sesame are removed from childcare facilities, school lunches, etc. This exposes fewer children, which increases the percent that develop the allergy, requiring the allergen to be removed from more products & places people eat!
Well, good news. In response to this new rule, lots of foods that have never had sesame in them are adding sesame to them, because it's easier to intentionally add sesame to everything than try to identify what might be contaminated with it and remove it.
Sucks if you do actually have a sesame allergy, though.
When kids are exposed to the above early and often, they're much less likely to develop allergies. However, to protect the allergic, peanuts and now sesame are removed from childcare facilities, school lunches, etc. This exposes fewer children, which increases the percent that develop the allergy, requiring the allergen to be removed from more products & places people eat!
https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/01/10/peanut-allergy-earl...