labelhedge
/ˈleɪbəlˌhɛdʒ/nounVerified NewThe precautionary "may contain" allergen labelling applied so broadly that the warning stops informing anyone.
When a bag of lentils may contain milk, the allergic reader must gamble anyway, and the trust the label was meant to buy evaporates. The hedge protects the producer and disarms the label. Labelhedge names the hedging that made the label useless.
Etym. — label + hedge — the qualifier that consumes the claim it qualifies.
Rel. — rsvpdiet
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