PRESS RELEASE
February 10, 2005
For Immediate Release

Dare introduces nut free/peanut free facilities

Dare is responding to increasing customer concerns about foods that can cause severe adverse allergic reactions by providing a range of products manufactured in their nut free/peanut free facilities. This range includes the full line of Breton crackers, among others. These products are easily identified with the statement "manufactured in a nut free/peanut free facility" on the side panel of the package, just below the ingredients.

Dare's bakery manufacturing plants in Spartanburg, South Carolina and Kitchener, Ontario are now nut free/peanut free facilities. To accomplish this, Dare implemented a very stringent quality control process, which involved moving the manufacture of all products containing nuts/peanuts to outside facilities and putting process and packaging equipment through an allergen cleaning procedure that is repeated regularly. It also required the commitment from Dare employees not to allow any nut/peanut products into the facility.