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Everything is arbitrary if you look at it hard enough. Why do we have to drive on the right side of the road? Arbitrary. > So you’ve “protected” Americans fr
by yongjik 2y ago
Everything is arbitrary if you look at it hard enough. Why do we have to drive on the right side of the road? Arbitrary.
> So you’ve “protected” Americans from the competition of Italian producers who can’t pay to repackage.
Any food producer who wants to export to the US already has to pay for a US-specific label, including ingredient list and nutritional info. In fact, that would be true for almost any other country as well.
And that's a good thing. If you can't even bother to print a label that tells the buyers what it's made of, in a language they can read, forget about it.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Why do we have to drive on the right side of the road? Nobody dies if someone's macaroni is thicker or thinner than another's. > Any food producer who wants to export to the US already has to pay for a US-specific label Plenty of imported foods don't do this. They're supposed to [1]. But as long as you stick to specialty stores, the trade association [2] is unlikely to go after you. [1] https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/guidance-industry-food-labeling-guide https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidan... [2] https://ilovepasta.org https://ilovepasta.org