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I've heard that's a CYA thing (for the food manufacturers), because a lot of the time the smaller objects won't have legally required nutrition facts on them. I
by chipperyman573 9y ago
I've heard that's a CYA thing (for the food manufacturers), because a lot of the time the smaller objects won't have legally required nutrition facts on them. If someone resells it, the manufacturer can say "Well we told them not to!" instead of having to argue against a food reseller that they (the manufacturer) have an obligation to print nutrition information on the smaller objects because they (the reseller) assumed the food was eligible for reselling (the manufacturer would probably still win anyway but this cements their victory).
- derefr 9y agoI've noticed that when this (selling "not for resale" items) is done as part of an import business, the importer will print and stick their own nutrition label onto the item. Which doesn't usually add that much more work, because often they're already re-labelling the item to add a translation of the item's name.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoI've noticed that too. Imported stuff at City Shop in Shanghai has Chinese nutrition information stickered over the original English nutrition information. I wish they would have put the sticker anywhere except covering the same information in English. City Shop is specifically targeted at foreigners. That sticker is mostly just preventing me from reading the nutrition info it is purportedly there to provide.
- Operyl 9y agoThis struck a thought: how does the vending machine industry get around this requirement? I.e. sure they have the mandated labels on them, but as a consumer I can’t see them until after I purchase. Off to researching I go!