FDA warns top U.S. bakery not to claim foods contain allergens when they don't
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>Because it can be difficult and expensive to keep sesame in one part of a baking plant out of another, some companies began adding small amounts of sesame to products that didn't previously contain the ingredient to avoid liability and cost. FDA officials said that violated the spirit, but not the letter, of federal regulations.
My experience with moderately serious non-anaphylactic food allergies is that "traces" are pretty low risk.