Nestle, Libby's

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This is what I received from Nestle regarding pumpkin.

Lolita

October 15, 2001

Dear Nestlé Consumer,

Thank you for contacting us. Your comments regarding LIBBY'S 100% Pure

Pumpkin are very

important to us.

In regards to your inquiry, there are eight major food allergens, including

milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts

(such as walnuts and almonds), soy, wheat, fish and shellfish. Labeling

regulation requires that all

ingredients added to products be listed in the ingredient statement. For

these eight major allergens,

Nestlé ensures that they are labeled, regardless of the amount or whether a

supplier may have added it

to their ingredient. It is the responsibility of Nestlé to ensure that

these ingredients are properly labeled

by their common or usual name in the ingredient statement.

We want to help our consumers avoid inadvertent ingestion of their specific

allergens of concern by

accurately informing them about the product ingredients and by following

Good Manufacturing

Practices in our factories. All factories using a critical allergen as an

ingredient must take all

reasonable precautions to avoid cross-contact of products that do not

normally contain these allergens

and products that do not carry a specific mention in the ingredient

statement. These precautionary

measures include efficient cleaning of production lines and equipment and

strict separation of

materials that may contain critical allergens. If an allergen does not

appear on the ingredient

statement, then it has not been added to the product and the likelihood of

cross-contamination contact

is so extremely low that the risk is insignificant.

We appreciate the opportunity to be of service to you and hope your inquiry

was handled to your

satisfaction.

Sincerely,

Jami Rizzo

Consumer Response Representative

Ref: 7180061