Popa, my broader point is that people need to take responsibility for what they eat, and checking labels is part of that. I think this is a wonderful example as people seem to be exonerating themselves for any blame for their own carelessness by blaming the OU. Objectively, I do not think this is the OU’s fault, as a very minimal amount of care is needed to see that the gummies aren’t certified. Nevertheless, I think it makes sense to change the policy since l’ma’aseh too many people have been trained to be zombies and just see an OU and proceed to turn their brains off.
This reminds me of the scene from Friday Night at the Hockers where the not frum guy brings a package of cake with lard in it and tells Mr. Hocker that it has an OU – the label says pOUnd cake.