Should the EU proceed and label Nutella with a warning: "Danger: May cause obesity"?
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100628/tsc-nutella-un-danger-pour-la-sant-selon-04aaa9b.html
Italian Minister: "Maybe it is time to let consumers take responsibility for themselves," he said, mentioning "nutritional fundamentalism."
Can we EVER take the Nanny State too far?
Originally posted by spruce112358Is a health warning a restraint of trade in any significant way?
Should the EU proceed and label Nutella with a warning: "Danger: May cause obesity"? [...]
Can we EVER take the Nanny State too far?
In what sense are you unable to simply ignore this warning if it strikes you as being too 'nannying' for your ideological tastes?
Originally posted by spruce112358Surely any serious discussion about the Nanniness of the Nanny State would start with something like U.S. and E.U. or Japanese farm subsidies, rather than about a health warning label on a jar of Nutella?
Can we EVER take the Nanny State too far?
Originally posted by spruce112358We could go around painting freedom warnings on MPs houses.
Should the EU proceed and label Nutella with a warning: "Danger: May cause obesity"?
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100628/tsc-nutella-un-danger-pour-la-sant-selon-04aaa9b.html
Italian Minister: "Maybe it is time to let consumers take responsibility for themselves," he said, mentioning "nutritional fundamentalism."
Can we EVER take the Nanny State too far?
Originally posted by spruce112358Is it ONLY Nutella?
Should the EU proceed and label Nutella with a warning: "Danger: May cause obesity"?
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100628/tsc-nutella-un-danger-pour-la-sant-selon-04aaa9b.html
Italian Minister: "Maybe it is time to let consumers take responsibility for themselves," he said, mentioning "nutritional fundamentalism."
Can we EVER take the Nanny State too far?
Rough translation of the article:
EU regulators are considering new food labeling legislation which would be more strict than the current one which just states contents of carbohydrates, fat, protein, etc. This might mean [wild speculation] that a Nutella warning label would read: "warning: may cause obesity", just like the cigarette packets.
I suppose either your French or your honesty is not very good, spruce, since this author is obviously just satirizing.
As for the labels, I'm in favour of the "traffic light" system proposed by some MEPs - i.e. you can see at a glance if a product contains a lot of fat, carbohydrate, salt, etc. using a colour coded picture. Using this system, consumers can quickly decide how healthy they want their food to be. But from what I understand, this proposal didn't get through the European Parliament.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraIf consumers really did want that system they would buy only products from producers that labelled their food with some kind of code.
As for the labels, I'm in favour of the "traffic light" system proposed by some MEPs - i.e. you can see at a glance if a product contains a lot of fat, carbohydrate, salt, etc. using a colour coded picture. Using this system, consumers can quickly decide how healthy they want their food to be. But from what I understand, this proposal didn't get through the European Parliament.
Fact is, it's not consumers that want it, it's a bunch of busybody bureauRats.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraSpeaking of honesty, where do you see the phrase "wild speculation" in that article?
Rough translation of the article:
EU regulators are considering new food labeling legislation which would be more strict than the current one which just states contents of carbohydrates, fat, protein, etc. This might mean [wild speculation] that a Nutella warning label would read: "warning: may cause obesity", just like the cigarette packets.
I su ...[text shortened]... ench or your honesty is not very good, spruce, since this author is obviously just satirizing.
" Ainsi, un peu à la manière des paquets de cigarettes, les pots de Nutella pourraient se voir décorés d'un message d'avertissement du type : "Attention, danger, favorise l'obésité"."
which I translate as:
"So, a little bit like with packets of cigarettes, jars of Nutella could be seen sporting a warning message like this: 'Caution: Could cause obesity.'"
and which Google translates as:
"Thus, a bit like cigarette packets, jars of Nutella could be decorated with a warning message like: "Warning, danger, promotes obesity."
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Originally posted by FMFHas putting warnings on cigarettes decreased smoking?
Food producers do not want to draw attention to the unhealthiness of some of their products.
Presumably like with the new "graphic" tobacco warnings, we would want to put a picture of a grotesquely obese, naked human being on the jar of Nutella to really drive home the message.
How appetizing!
Originally posted by spruce112358graphic tobacco warnings...
Has putting warnings on cigarettes decreased smoking?
Presumably like with the new "graphic" tobacco warnings, we would want to put a picture of a grotesquely obese, naked human being on the jar of Nutella to really drive home the message.
How appetizing!
...or state mandated graffiti.
It's a freedom of expression issue.