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Little irks me more than some "fussy" diner at a public restaurant and their (mostly made up) "allergies." They act as though the entire world needs to cater to their peculiar sensitivities.

There are many foods I have an aversion (allergy) to but I never make a big deal about it at a restaurant. For example, I hate sour cream so when I get it as part of a dish, I just push it to the side and eat around it (other people I am dining with are welcome to scoop it up). Ditto for cole slaw, horseradish, sauerkraut and other smelly condiments that make me gag. No big deal, I just push all the undesirable stuff over to the side. I don't need to make big pronouncements to the waitstaff and demand that they prepare my dish special.

With the greatest respect, food that make you gag are taste preferences, not food allergies. Don't misunderstand; I'm against this particular overregulation. But some food allergies do exist and can make a small percentage of people very sick or even die.

That said, I don't believe the fact that there are such sufferers should be able to use the power of the state to dictate how a restaurant open to the GENERAL PUBLIC cooks a meal; only that a restaurant should not purposefully misrepresent the presence of allergens with intent to cause a medical crisis. It is the stuff of murder mysteries like CSI to suspect that a murderer may have fed his victim peanuts unaware; but it can happen.