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The fact that all these people in the article were happily eating hamburger buns in the past suggests that the cleaning methods in place were practically adequa
by tedunangst 4y ago
The fact that all these people in the article were happily eating hamburger buns in the past suggests that the cleaning methods in place were practically adequate. But the law imposes asymmetric penalties, and nobody getting sick isn't a liability shield from somebody who sticks a bun in a mass spectrometer with the intention of suing you for finding 1 ppb sesame.
- cxr 4y agoConjecture: myths about the prevalence of unreasonable civil actions have done more societal damage than will ever be subverted by people who revel in casting aspersions about the threat they pose.
- tedunangst 4y agohttps://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/food-fight-do-lawsuits-challenging-product-labels-benefit-consumers https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/food-fight-do-la...
- cxr 4y agoWeird thing to cite. Even as the article itself tries to cast these lawsuits in a particular light to lead you to thinking that they're absurd, most of them don't seem unreasonable. They're great, even. I'm supposed to feel bad for A&W because they put an "aged vanilla" label on their cream soda even though it contains none? Companies that engage in the "whole grain" nonsense? Packaging straight out of /r/AssholeDesign? Fuck 'em. The guy's doing good work as far as I'm concerned.
- tedunangst 4y agoAnd now the recalcitrant food companies have finally learned their lesson and will make sure that every product that may contain sesame does contain sesame. The system works.