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It seems like the cinnamon patrol comment is related to this, which does seem to indicate the interpretation of an EU law is to blame: https://www.npr.org/sect

by lacey 8y ago

It seems like the cinnamon patrol comment is related to this, which does seem to indicate the interpretation of an EU law is to blame: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/25/256602581/when-is-cinnamon-spice-not-so-nice-the-great-danish-debate https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/25/256602581/wh...

arama471 8y ago
It seems like the EU explicitly made it so the cinnamon rolls wouldn't be affected: > The EU's regulations on a common type of cinnamon called cassia limit how much bakers can use: 50 milligrams per kilogram of dough, if it's a traditional or seasonal pastry, or 15 milligrams per kilogram if it's just a regular old everyday pastry. But the Denmark decided their traditional seasonal pastry was an everyday one > This particular kerfuffle comes because the Danish food authority recently classified kanelsnegler, or cinnamon rolls, as an everyday pastry So really this is the "fault" of the Danish government, isn't it? Source for quotes: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/eu-worried-danish-cinnamon-rolls-could-cause-liver-damage/282678/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/eu-worrie...
- morsma 8y ago
  But a "kanelsnegl" is an everyday pastry in Denmark.
  - arama471 8y ago
    But it didn't use to be? From the article it sounds like it used to be a "traditional pastry"
- michaelmrose 8y ago
  Can you please explain to me why anyone on the face of this earth would want their government deciding how to classify types of pastry in order to determine how much cinnamon people are allowed to use? It kind of sounds like the issue is that outside of safety regulations someone told some petty tyrant that they got to decide how to classify pastry so of course they decided to classify it in such a way as to require action and importance on their own part at the expense of everyone's inconvenience. I suspect the proper fix is to fire everyone in that department and start over.
  - arama471 8y ago
    Because they have reason to beleive it can cause liver damage? Most countries have a body regulating what you can eat that will do it's best to stop you from ingesting dangerous amounts of, well, anything.

by lacey 8y ago

arama471 8y ago

It seems like the EU explicitly made it so the cinnamon rolls wouldn't be affected: > The EU's regulations on a common type of cinnamon called cassia limit how much bakers can use: 50 milligrams per kilogram of dough, if it's a traditional or seasonal pastry, or 15 milligrams per kilogram if it's just a regular old everyday pastry. But the Denmark decided their traditional seasonal pastry was an everyday one > This particular kerfuffle comes because the Danish food authority recently classified kanelsnegler, or cinnamon rolls, as an everyday pastry So really this is the "fault" of the Danish government, isn't it? Source for quotes: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/eu-worried-danish-cinnamon-rolls-could-cause-liver-damage/282678/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/eu-worrie...

morsma 8y ago
But a "kanelsnegl" is an everyday pastry in Denmark.
- arama471 8y ago
  But it didn't use to be? From the article it sounds like it used to be a "traditional pastry"
michaelmrose 8y ago
Can you please explain to me why anyone on the face of this earth would want their government deciding how to classify types of pastry in order to determine how much cinnamon people are allowed to use? It kind of sounds like the issue is that outside of safety regulations someone told some petty tyrant that they got to decide how to classify pastry so of course they decided to classify it in such a way as to require action and importance on their own part at the expense of everyone's inconvenience. I suspect the proper fix is to fire everyone in that department and start over.
- arama471 8y ago
  Because they have reason to beleive it can cause liver damage? Most countries have a body regulating what you can eat that will do it's best to stop you from ingesting dangerous amounts of, well, anything.