Many people, especially children, suffer an allergic response when they consume peanuts or food that has been in contact with peanut dust. However, some factories that make food products have entirely banned peanuts from their premises. Therefore, people who have peanut allergies (and their parents) can safely buy and consume food from those companies.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

About a third of the questions that appear in the GMAT verbal section are critical reasoning questions.Typical questions that appear in critical reasoning (GMAT CR) include strengthening an argument, weakening an argument, identifying the assumption of an argument, mimic the reasoning, identify the reasoning, conclusion, inference, bold faced statements, and evaluating an argument.

Each of the critical reasoning questions is based on a short argument, a set of statements, or a plan of action.