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Tobacco, wine and fresh bread are usually few of the consumables that in many western countries do not have to disclose their ingredients. Why do we allow this
by flossly 4mo ago
Tobacco, wine and fresh bread are usually few of the consumables that in many western countries do not have to disclose their ingredients.
Why do we allow this? Just behave like all others.
Now we want to push for smoke-free societies: but non of ways to achieve this even dares to talk about "just make tobacco giants list all the ingredients/additives".
- jjice 4mo agoTangential but similar nonsensical secrecy for consumables: alcohol not requiring a nutrition label always irks me.
- mpalczewski 4mo agoOne beer company tried to do it. But because beer has vitamins in it, they were prohibited from doing it as it might have made the beer seem healthy.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4mo agoGuinness is good for you!
- malfist 4mo agoCan you provide a citation? Plenty of beers have nutrition information labels.
- throwoutway 4mo agoIngredeant lists != nutrition chart
- triceratops 4mo agoThat sounds like a made-up Internet fact or urban legend.
- jfengel 4mo agoIt used to be true. It changed about a decade ago.
- Forgeties79 4mo agoI think they mean the “it would come across as healthy” thing
- andy99 4mo agoDon’t buy it then?
- Forgeties79 4mo agoSeriously though! It makes no sense.
- treis 4mo agoAll fresh food does not have to disclose ingredients
- forlorn_mammoth 4mo agoI'm picturing a banana with a label on it that says: Ingredients: banana Servings: 1 Serving Size: 1 banana
- treis 4mo agoAn amusing thought but I mean the potato salad deli stuff. Anything prepared on site (in a store or restaurant) doesn't need to disclose ingredients. There's no special exception for bread.
- embedding-shape 4mo ago> There's no special exception for bread. Personally, I prefer my bread to not have plastic labels on it. Besides on the bread itself, where would you even put such a label? The sleve-bags for bread are used for more than just one specific bread, so can't put them there either...
- wordpad 4mo agoSounds dumb, but then also if something unexpectedly had a list of 20 ingredients you might reconsider buying it
- flossly 4mo agoYes! They should provide a list of all chemicals used to grow it, both in spray and in soil and in wash. So you get for a banana: Ingredients: banana, <a list of chemicals you cannot pronounce longer than the fist two chapters of the Bible>
- thinkingtoilet 4mo agoI don't think anyone is under the delusion that cigarettes are healthy for you. Everyone knows they cause multiple cancers. That's part of the appeal. It shows how 'tough' and 'cool' the user is. No matter what you do, there will always be a reactionary group of people doing the opposite of what they are told.
- flossly 4mo agoThis is discussed many times. How to stop smoking in youngsters by XYZ. But never: just force them to transparently list the junk they --currently secretly-- put in.
- jfengel 4mo agoThe rule for fresh bread varies from state to state because it's not considered interstate commerce, so it doesn't have to follow the federal labeling law. (There's a ton of hypocrisy about the use of the interstate commerce clause, but this part isn't completely stupid.) It goes for all good produced and consumed in the same state, not just bread. Tobacco and alcohol actually are regulated federally even when produced in the same state (that interstate commerce hypocrisy I mentioned). They don't require ingredients lists but they do require licensing. Where I live (Maryland), cottage industries have to include ingredients lists. Others require just allergens. Some have no regulations one way or the other.