Yes, and people have died driving cars and people have died walking down the sidewalk and people have died getting shot and people have died falling down and people have died getting old. Newsflash!!! People die! Now, I'm not saying that we should just be offing everyone we don't like because, well, hey, people die. They were going to die anyway. But, there is a phenomenon that happens in this life where people die doing all sorts of things. What they eat is just another of those myriad ways.
It's true that people die from various things, but if it could've been prevented - it becomes a tragedy. There are times when it could've been totally prevented. There's no excuse to let deaths happen if there was a 100% chance it didn't have to and no, I don't believe some people would've died anyway if a different choice had been made in all cases. That doesn't always mean it's someone's fault because we don't always know what the choices we make lead up to.
What if that one kid stayed where their parents told them to instead of start walking home because the parent was late and got hit by a car. Would it have still happened? Would that baby have drowned at the bottom of the pool had the parents been following around that child the entire time - would it still have happened? Some things I do believe were avoidable, but happened, because the individuals involved never dreamed of what the end result may have been.
Out of all the people in the world you're talking to, I'm not shocked that people die. I've experienced enough grief and loss in my life. I'm well aware.
So, it's basically, "Why label stuff?! People die anyway!" I can't imagine how parents that had children die of food allergies must feel about that.
Some people die because food gets caught in their throat and within moments are dead if no one can dislodge the blockage. Do we now have to start cutting all foods into small 1/8" size pieces so nobody ever dies from choking on their food again? People die. And yes, if 500 people die from some food allergy, then they should have been more careful about what they ate. And for the person who dies eating something that they didn't know they were allergic to, that's one of the breaks of life.
You're comparing not labeling food ingredients to people choking on food? Apples to oranges. Choking can be a result of many things - not chewing enough, disorders that make swallowing difficult, or inflamed throat/tonsils that make food hard to get down and easy to choke on, etc. This doesn't mean we all have to cut food into small pieces, but it is wise to for those that are choking prone.
And yes, if 500 people die from some food allergy, then they should have been more careful about what they ate. And for the person who dies eating something that they didn't know they were allergic to, that's one of the breaks of life.
That statement right there hits all the wrong points. "Oh, they should've been more careful." I get it, not many people get what cross-contamination means or even is. Cross-contamination is generally third party caused.
Did you know people with severe allergies don't even have to eat a food they are allergic to to die from it?
All it takes is that one co-worker eating the food you are allergic to nearby. All it takes is that one person eating the food that bothers you and then shaking your hand and you didn't even know what they ate before you met up. All it takes is one hug from a person that ate something you couldn't have. All it takes is that one person giving your child a candy or a snack they can't have without asking mom and dad first.
"Watch what you eat." Really? You think that's how allergy deaths happen?
Most people with severe food allergies are so afraid of those foods that they avoid them at all costs. Who wants a sharp epi-pen needle stabbed into their leg the second they have symptoms? Yeah, no one. Who wants an emergency tracheotomy because they literally can't breathe? Yeah, no one. Many older kids and adults are that are well aware of their allergens will avoid them as best as they can, but other people may unknowingly make them ill.
Also, food companies not giving all the actual ingredients. It's a rough thing when your food allergies aren't among the top allergens they have to list because they can be hidden in everything. It's not all that fair to eat something and then be sick the rest of the day and have to miss out because of some dumb food allergy. That kind of thing can be prevented.
For you, obviously it would seem that the food allergies may be genetic. I would caution you, now that you know of all these allergies, that if you want to abide by them, then you should. But don't expect that the rest of us who are living pretty fine lives eating all that God created for us to eat, whether it has some preservative on it or not to bend over backwards and change our entire food chain because the 4 people in your family suffer food allergies. Some data I read is that the death rate from anaphylaxis shock is .03%. I can list off about 100 other ways to die that will beat that rate. So no, I'm not much worried about dying from food allergies, nor am I particularly concerned that I might serve someone food who might.
Most food allergies are not genetic. The one that they've nailed down a bit better over the years that could have a genetic component is issues with gluten/wheat. Other times, it's gut damage/leaky gut. Probably from all the wheat I had that didn't know bothered me as a kid, plus mold exposure, plus other chronic illness, etc. etc. of course giving birth to kids when you have a leaky gut, whether you know it or not, you're passing on that microbiome that you have. If it's not a good one, the kids aren't going to inherit a good one more than likely. I don't think the other things are necessarily genetic.
There's other stuff, too, like what about all those neurotoxic pesticides on our foods? Some people are sensitive to those ingredients, whether they realize it or not.
I'm not asking for everyone to change the entire food chain for those in my family. I'm only hoping that one days all companies will tell the truth of the ingredients in their products. No more being cowardly and hiding behind "artificial and natural flavors" or 50+ different names for one ingredient. Changing the whole food chain would implying that I'm forcing people the way I eat. Labeling ingredients correctly and transparently is far from forcing people to eat my diet. I don't do that and it's kind of sickening you're implying that we're that way.
Even if the death rate from anaphylaxis itself is rather low - that doesn't account for the people that have suffered and survived. It's a traumatic experience when surviving something like that as well.
Oh, I can tell you're not worried about dying from a food allergy or by someone else from the food you serve them by the way you're typing...kind of sad that you aren't concerned about killing someone that does have a food allergy.
I'm curious, though. How would you deal if you had a child, or someone in your household that was allergic to a food? Would you avoid it or pretend that their allergy didn't exist because that's inconvenient for you? What if someone was coming over that couldn't have a list of things? You gonna throw in the towel and say they're not invited or make what you want without regard for how they would feel?
It's kind of crazy how many people get on the, "Your food allergy is an inconvenience to me so I'm going to eat what I want around you because it's not my problem," wagon. Maybe it doesn't hit home until you're actually kicked out of your living space because of a food allergy. That's an awful thing to have happen, but it happens to people with food allergies way too much that have dorm or roommate situations and they'd rather you be homeless than deal with your food allergy.
Whoa, whoa! I think we need a defining of terms here. The word that we both have been using is 'most'. That doesn't mean the same thing as 'many'. We do agree on that, right? Listen, yes, the FDA does sometimes get information that a lot of people seem to have some allergy or another and so for those things, label requirements are made. But that's because there are many people concerned and not most. Further, after rereading this sentence, you've now gone from 'most' people suffer such allergies to 'there are many kinds of food allergies'. Yea, there are.
I don't believe I was wrong in what I typed. There are "many" different people with food allergies and "most" people out there suffer with some type of food allergy or sensitivity. There are also "many" types of food allergies.
. Maybe I am cynical. 
in the USA. On the personal care side more chemicals found in things like deodorant and hair products are regulated or banned. It’s not that it’s all organic utopia it seems more like…the threshold for regulating or banning substances is lower.