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DOT calls off airline peanut ban
Good news came recently for the American peanut industry when the U.S Department of Transportation issued a clarification to the proposed rule on banning peanuts from commercial airlines. The clarification states that DOT will comply with Section 346 of the DOT and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2000 Public Law 106-09 which calls for a scientific study before requiring an air carrier to ban peanuts.
Public Law 106-69 requires that the DOT must submit to Congress a "peer-reviewed scientific study that determines that there are severe reactions by passengers to peanuts as a result of contact with very small airborne peanut particles of the kind that passengers might encounter in an aircraft" before requiring or encouraging an air carrier to "provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any other related peanut-restricted area; or restrict the distribution of peanuts."
The comment period for the proposed ruling is still open until August 9th.
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