From: Melanie Skloff <mskloff@melaniesmedleys.com>
To: Brandon jennings <brandonj1995@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 1:42 PM
Subject: RE: Allergen inquiry - strawberry cream cheese Melanies Medleys
Hello Brandon, Thanks for your message! Our cream cheeses are made on the same line that produces other cream cheeses with tree nuts or peanuts. Our equipment is cleaned and sanitized between production runs to prevent allergens from contaminating non-allergenic products. For that reason, the FDA does not allow us to add the statement “produced on the same equipment that comes in contact with tree nuts”. We validate our cleaning procedures, however testing methods can only detect allergen proteins to a very low level, but not zero. Hope this helps! Thank you for your interest in Melanie’s Medleys. Best, Melanie Skloff Creator and Product Development, Melanie’s Medleys & Don’s Food Products From: Brandon jennings [mailto:brandonj1995@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 5:20 PM To: info <info@melaniesmedleys.com> Subject: Allergen inquiry - strawberry cream cheese Melanies Medleys MM, I saw your Strawberry cream cheese spread at whole foods and wanted to know if it is made in a facility or on a line that also processes products with tree nuts or peanuts, if so it could be a cross contamination risk for our child with nut allergies, Please advise thanks Brandon 302-740-1430 If it is processed in a facility or on the same line, a suggestion from what I've seen on other products is to label it as such on the package, thanks again