Nanny State Gone Crazy: Warning, these eggs contain eggs

A British company is advising consumers that supermarket eggs contain eggs, via a warning statement on the inside of their egg carton.

The Happy Egg Company’s six-pack of eggs, which features the company’s name and is decorated with a picture of an egg and a cartoon chicken – contains the message ‘allergy advice: contains egg’ inside the lid of the boxes.

According to the Daily Mail, the firm blames supermarkets: “Some retailers insist on this information within their packs as part of a due diligence procedure. Any products deemed as potentially allergenic are included in this. A crazy world, but occasionally we have to do silly things to cover ourselves.”

The supermarkets denied they were responsible, but it would appear that it may be a legal requirement. Regulations in the UK require manufacturers to state on packaging if goods contain allergens, although a Government spokesman stated that the name of the product would usually suffice as reasonable warning.

The nanny state knows no bounds of stupidity.