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PostSubject: Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests   Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests I_icon_minitimeTue Feb 17, 2009 12:31 pm

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The return of peanuts to the snack menu at Northwest Airlines this month has prompted a spasm of protests from travelers with allergies.


Just weeks after Northwest began handing out peanuts as flight snacks, customers have raised allergy concerns.

The change comes four months after Northwest merged with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and in the midst of a national salmonella outbreak involving Peanut Corporation of America. Georgia, where the company has a plant, is the top peanut-producing state in the country.

Northwest began handing out the goobers as snacks on February 1, as Delta has been doing for years.

In Minneapolis, where Northwest is based, news of the change has resulted in a flood of responses on the Web site of the Star Tribune, a local newspaper.

"This is a very disappointing development," wrote one man who responded to the story. "My wife's allergy is so severe that if someone is sitting next to her and eating peanuts, the odor is enough to trigger an allergic reaction."

"Northwest is really out of touch with its customers and the reality of allergies to peanuts," wrote another reader. "What's wrong with pretzels?"

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Delta says it will make accommodations for those with peanut allergies, if a request is made.

"We'll create a buffer zone of three rows in front of and three rows behind your seat," the airline's Web site says. "We'll also advise cabin service to board additional nonpeanut snacks, which will allow our flight attendants to serve these snack items to everyone within this area."
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PostSubject: Re: Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests   Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests I_icon_minitimeTue Feb 17, 2009 3:14 pm

I Don't Eat Peanuts Or Peanut butter right now and won't for a while. Shocked
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PostSubject: Re: Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests   Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests I_icon_minitimeTue Feb 17, 2009 3:15 pm

North Star wrote:
I Don't Eat Peanuts Or Peanut butter right now and won't for a while. Shocked

Me either, Mike... It's one thing that I REALLY miss. I like my PB sandwiches, that's for sure!
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PostSubject: Re: Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests   Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests I_icon_minitimeWed Feb 18, 2009 2:33 am

We need to export our peanut butter to China for a while.

Jim Cool
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PostSubject: Re: Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests   Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests I_icon_minitimeThu Feb 19, 2009 7:56 pm

I'll eat the boiled peanuts at the race track.
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