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Of course EU producers who package food for export label it accordingly. However what Reason seems to be implying is that we just load up some cargo planes with

Of course EU producers who package food for export label it accordingly. However what Reason seems to be implying is that we just load up some cargo planes with pallets of surplus formula that are apparently not needed in Europe and bring it to the USA under some kind of "emergency" order.

alasdair_ 4y ago
It can’t be that hard to add a label on top of the existing label.
- golem14 4y ago
  In fact, a lot of somewhat shady spice packets you get at asian groceries in the bay area have a crummy paper sticker with english labeling over the Indian/Chinese/... original label. If this can happen for spices, why not for baby formula ? I think that this is a case of noone wanting to take the risk of eventually someone selling some product that is expired or otherwise bad with relaxed labeling/... rules. I can understand it, too, from a biz POV. I think the government needs to provide some sort of indemnification to importers/distributors/groceries. If the tradeoff demands it – 'X babies die/get sick because of malnutrition b/c missing baby formula' vs 'Y kids die/get sick because of bad baby formula.' X/Y are just hard to pin down.
  - ClumsyPilot 4y ago
    > If this can happen for spices, why not for baby formula ? Surely this shoupd be bloody obvious? Like asking - if you can import dried fruit, why cant you import donated blood?
    - samatman 4y ago
      The task is translating from metric to imperial and German or Dutch to English. Once. This will take someone an hour, someone else will spend thirty minutes proofreading it. Tell you what, two people take thirty minutes to proofread it, just to make you comfortable. How do you expect this task to fail? Compare and contrast the failure modes of importing blood and translating a nutrition label for me, please. If it's so bloody obvious.

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Of course EU producers who package food for export label it accordingly. However what Reason seems to be implying is that we just load up some cargo planes with

by throwawayboise 4y ago

alasdair_ 4y ago
It can’t be that hard to add a label on top of the existing label.
- golem14 4y ago
  In fact, a lot of somewhat shady spice packets you get at asian groceries in the bay area have a crummy paper sticker with english labeling over the Indian/Chinese/... original label. If this can happen for spices, why not for baby formula ? I think that this is a case of noone wanting to take the risk of eventually someone selling some product that is expired or otherwise bad with relaxed labeling/... rules. I can understand it, too, from a biz POV. I think the government needs to provide some sort of indemnification to importers/distributors/groceries. If the tradeoff demands it – 'X babies die/get sick because of malnutrition b/c missing baby formula' vs 'Y kids die/get sick because of bad baby formula.' X/Y are just hard to pin down.
  - ClumsyPilot 4y ago
    > If this can happen for spices, why not for baby formula ? Surely this shoupd be bloody obvious? Like asking - if you can import dried fruit, why cant you import donated blood?
    - samatman 4y ago
      The task is translating from metric to imperial and German or Dutch to English. Once. This will take someone an hour, someone else will spend thirty minutes proofreading it. Tell you what, two people take thirty minutes to proofread it, just to make you comfortable. How do you expect this task to fail? Compare and contrast the failure modes of importing blood and translating a nutrition label for me, please. If it's so bloody obvious.