tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6934273935308005389..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: ORLY?JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12821821716815872822014-05-14T06:58:04.800+01:002014-05-14T06:58:04.800+01:00"There is nothing to stop Morrison's et a...<i>"There is nothing to stop Morrison's et al. adding a "may contain Halal" sticker to their meat packaging."</i> <br /><br />Just so. Their move...<br /><br /><br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-55950112077044005262014-05-13T23:14:45.268+01:002014-05-13T23:14:45.268+01:00@Jonathan
You are absolutely right - there is not...@Jonathan<br /><br />You are absolutely right - there is nothing stopping the large companies adding this information to the packaging.<br /><br />But they won't.<br /><br />Morrisons et al, our large companies, will not print this information on the labels because they know it will seriously damage sales. Profit rules. Companies lobby the EU with very large amounts of money to NOT be forced to show this.<br /> <br />We do not get any of your much-desired "choice". <br /><br />The UK "Government" is helpless, because this is EU regulated. By our real masters.<br /><br />It's just Westminster don't get their share of the trinkets.Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-27304606247470865052014-05-13T13:13:25.196+01:002014-05-13T13:13:25.196+01:00Whether or not food labeling is an EU competence, ...Whether or not food labeling is an EU competence, or a UK one, is irrelevant. There is nothing to stop Morrison's et al. adding a "may contain Halal" sticker to their meat packaging. That would then allow consumers to exercise their discretion as to whether or not they care.<br />I do care about pre-stunning, and I do care that meat is routinely dedicated to Allah - I would prefer it was not dedicated at all, since this should be a choice of the (literal) consumer.Jonathan Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-57018994831107557772014-05-11T07:10:40.269+01:002014-05-11T07:10:40.269+01:00"Food labeling is handled by the EU, so all t...<i>"Food labeling is handled by the EU, so all this waffle is entirely moot."</i> <br /><br />And with Denmark banning halal slaughter altogether...<br /><br /><i>"Enjoying the communards over on the Guardian's Comment is Free contorting themselves into ever tighter knots over this."</i> <br /><br />It must be the first time in remembered history that a people's cry "We want to know what Big Business is putting in our food!" was met by the progressives with 'Shut up! SHUT UP!'...<br /><br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12130132537916077962014-05-11T01:04:15.978+01:002014-05-11T01:04:15.978+01:00Anon 13:24 is absolutely right - this is exclusive...Anon 13:24 is absolutely right - this is exclusively an EU competence.<br /><br />Thus Philip Davies MP et al are talking pure cockwaffle.Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62592495554244943172014-05-10T18:14:38.469+01:002014-05-10T18:14:38.469+01:00C'mon Julia.
How can we expect supermarkets t...C'mon Julia.<br /><br />How can we expect supermarkets to label to which Sky Fairy meat has been blessed, when they were incapable of labelling correctly the species of meat in the pack?Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-21077916720068844962014-05-10T14:53:40.233+01:002014-05-10T14:53:40.233+01:00Well, their people are clearly labelled, so why no...Well, their people are clearly labelled, so why not their meat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-54222408692601594792014-05-10T14:00:11.241+01:002014-05-10T14:00:11.241+01:00Enjoying the communards over on the Guardian's...Enjoying the communards over on the Guardian's Comment is Free contorting themselves into ever tighter knots over this.<br /><br />They'd love to support the muslims outright but the jews do it too so it's very troubling to a hard of thinking leftie.Major Morgan's Organnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9079805106813020032014-05-10T13:25:32.593+01:002014-05-10T13:25:32.593+01:00Best comment I saw somewhere was "I don't...Best comment I saw somewhere was "I don't care if the animal was slaughtered brutally, but I do if someone was singing a nursery rhyme at the time"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-58079054077831227332014-05-10T13:24:26.611+01:002014-05-10T13:24:26.611+01:00Food labeling is handled by the EU, so all this wa...Food labeling is handled by the EU, so all this waffle is entirely moot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com