What to Eat � Food allergies: OK to eat peanuts if pregnant?

A comment on Marion Nestle's recent post about food allergies
brings up a point I've been wondering about for several years-- the very food--peanuts-- that babies and toddlers in the US avoid, is part of Bamba, an Israeli peanut-buttery snack that has traditionally been marketed and fed to infants. Do they not have peanut allergies in Israel? Hmmm...