| Is this necessary? 08:03 - Nov 2 with 1620 views | KeithHaynes |
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| Is this necessary? on 08:21 - Nov 2 with 1144 views | Lohengrin |
Doesn’t pepper all, or just about all, come from India? |  |
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| Is this necessary? on 08:44 - Nov 2 with 1118 views | Lohengrin |
After a quick rummage around I’ve got the answer, Keith. Yes, it is apparently necessary.
As of the start of this year ”Non-EU is a technical labelling term used in the single market when it's a blend from multiple countries.
It's a requirement of the EU.”
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/eu-exit-food-and-drink-labelling-change | |
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| Is this necessary? on 10:53 - Nov 2 with 1070 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
Judging by the comments on the original Twitter feed about 99 percent prefer to be " outraged by the racism of this labelling " or similar. The other 1 percent have done some research. |  |
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| Is this necessary? on 11:15 - Nov 2 with 1055 views | Professor |
Yes Loh-most pepper comes from India. Spices like pepper are the only food it is legal to irradiate for food safety reasons in the UK and EU.
I'm trying for the life of me to work out why anyone is offended by that. On top of that someone is flapping over the union flag. I'm, as a staunch remainer, but perfectly happy to see that on food as I know it supports our excellent farmers. Morrisons have used union flag logos for as long as I can recall (1998ish) as does Red Tractor. |  | | |
| Is this necessary? on 11:20 - Nov 2 with 1052 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 10:53 - Nov 2 by JACKMANANDBOY |
Judging by the comments on the original Twitter feed about 99 percent prefer to be " outraged by the racism of this labelling " or similar. The other 1 percent have done some research. |
2021, eh? She’s been a beauty.
The outraged Twitter chap bills himself as a spokesman for some sort of London-based economics forum. You’d think he may possess the basics of trading standards, wouldn’t you? | |
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| Is this necessary? on 11:26 - Nov 2 with 1045 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 11:15 - Nov 2 by Professor |
Yes Loh-most pepper comes from India. Spices like pepper are the only food it is legal to irradiate for food safety reasons in the UK and EU.
I'm trying for the life of me to work out why anyone is offended by that. On top of that someone is flapping over the union flag. I'm, as a staunch remainer, but perfectly happy to see that on food as I know it supports our excellent farmers. Morrisons have used union flag logos for as long as I can recall (1998ish) as does Red Tractor. |
I’ve got a tray of free range eggs in the fridge, Prof. The green packaging sports a big dragon motif and the narrative is entirely in Welsh. The eggs are the free-range produce of proud Glamorgan chickens.
I wonder if I searched Twitter If I’d stumble across outraged chickens from Gwynedd or Ceredigion clucking they were just as proud, if not more so, than those chippy buggers from Glamorgan?  | |
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| Is this necessary? on 11:31 - Nov 2 with 1042 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Is this necessary? on 11:20 - Nov 2 by Lohengrin |
2021, eh? She’s been a beauty.
The outraged Twitter chap bills himself as a spokesman for some sort of London-based economics forum. You’d think he may possess the basics of trading standards, wouldn’t you? |
You wonder what kind of training people get these days around decision making, this was drummed into me in my first job.
First - Establish the Facts.
Quite simple. | |
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| Is this necessary? on 11:35 - Nov 2 with 1039 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Is this necessary? on 11:26 - Nov 2 by Lohengrin |
I’ve got a tray of free range eggs in the fridge, Prof. The green packaging sports a big dragon motif and the narrative is entirely in Welsh. The eggs are the free-range produce of proud Glamorgan chickens.
I wonder if I searched Twitter If I’d stumble across outraged chickens from Gwynedd or Ceredigion clucking they were just as proud, if not more so, than those chippy buggers from Glamorgan? |
In defence of the Glamorgan farmers, If they are free rage they may have already visited Gwynedd and Ceredigion? | |
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| Is this necessary? on 11:37 - Nov 2 with 1035 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 11:35 - Nov 2 by JACKMANANDBOY |
In defence of the Glamorgan farmers, If they are free rage they may have already visited Gwynedd and Ceredigion? |
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| Is this necessary? on 11:46 - Nov 2 with 1026 views | Catullus |
| Is this necessary? on 11:35 - Nov 2 by JACKMANANDBOY |
In defence of the Glamorgan farmers, If they are free rage they may have already visited Gwynedd and Ceredigion? |
Free rage, there's plenty of that on social media.
Sorry if that's rubbing non EU salt into the wounds. | |
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| Is this necessary? on 12:04 - Nov 2 with 1012 views | Professor |
| Is this necessary? on 11:26 - Nov 2 by Lohengrin |
I’ve got a tray of free range eggs in the fridge, Prof. The green packaging sports a big dragon motif and the narrative is entirely in Welsh. The eggs are the free-range produce of proud Glamorgan chickens.
I wonder if I searched Twitter If I’d stumble across outraged chickens from Gwynedd or Ceredigion clucking they were just as proud, if not more so, than those chippy buggers from Glamorgan? |
How do you know they are not sneaky German or Dutch immigrants masquerading as from Glamorgan?
Very flippant-but most layers are German or Dutch genetic stock and most come from one or two large hatcheries -I go to one in Warwickshire sometimes-about half of the UK's egg producing chickens come from there. Most of our meat (broiler) chickens are Scottish genetic stock, but we need more of these and have hatcheries all over the UK. Production and supply chains are very international-hence the need for labelling. Morrison's and Waitrose are a lot more careful with their sources of produce -hence not as caught up in the Horse Meat scandal a few years ago as the other retailers
But we both get the point-entirely sensible to buy local produce for so many reasons. That's not being protectionist or acting exceptionally, just what everyone should do. | | | |
| Is this necessary? on 12:25 - Nov 2 with 1003 views | Dr_Parnassus |
They did the worst possible thing and apologised to these people.
It only feeds their madness. |  |
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| Is this necessary? on 12:32 - Nov 2 with 994 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 12:04 - Nov 2 by Professor |
How do you know they are not sneaky German or Dutch immigrants masquerading as from Glamorgan?
Very flippant-but most layers are German or Dutch genetic stock and most come from one or two large hatcheries -I go to one in Warwickshire sometimes-about half of the UK's egg producing chickens come from there. Most of our meat (broiler) chickens are Scottish genetic stock, but we need more of these and have hatcheries all over the UK. Production and supply chains are very international-hence the need for labelling. Morrison's and Waitrose are a lot more careful with their sources of produce -hence not as caught up in the Horse Meat scandal a few years ago as the other retailers
But we both get the point-entirely sensible to buy local produce for so many reasons. That's not being protectionist or acting exceptionally, just what everyone should do. |
I think these ones run around wearing Colin Metson keeper hats. | |
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| Is this necessary? on 12:34 - Nov 2 with 993 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 12:25 - Nov 2 by Dr_Parnassus |
They did the worst possible thing and apologised to these people.
It only feeds their madness. |
Sorry we adhere to legal labelling requirements?  | |
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| Is this necessary? on 12:49 - Nov 2 with 981 views | Flynnidine_Zidownes |
| Is this necessary? on 11:20 - Nov 2 by Lohengrin |
2021, eh? She’s been a beauty.
The outraged Twitter chap bills himself as a spokesman for some sort of London-based economics forum. You’d think he may possess the basics of trading standards, wouldn’t you? |
Double barrelled name, beret, drinking white wine through a straw. His picture speaks a million words. | | | |
| Is this necessary? on 13:01 - Nov 2 with 971 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 12:49 - Nov 2 by Flynnidine_Zidownes |
Double barrelled name, beret, drinking white wine through a straw. His picture speaks a million words. |
The volume of complete fruit loops that inhabit Twitter is astonishing. It must be where they call home after most the old asylums were closed down. | |
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| Is this necessary? on 17:56 - Nov 2 with 874 views | Kilkennyjack |
But but …. I thought we took back control…?
Why are the dictators at the EU telling us how to label our proud British chickens…?
We should tell them to shuv their EU laws up their bums.
Why aren’t we telling them that ?
Where is our bulldog blitz spirit ? Up yours Delors … |  |
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| Is this necessary? on 19:19 - Nov 2 with 856 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 17:56 - Nov 2 by Kilkennyjack |
But but …. I thought we took back control…?
Why are the dictators at the EU telling us how to label our proud British chickens…?
We should tell them to shuv their EU laws up their bums.
Why aren’t we telling them that ?
Where is our bulldog blitz spirit ? Up yours Delors … |
Morrison probably hadn’t got around to changing the packing template, I suspect? I don’t imagine chicken crowns top the list of corporate priorities up at Morrison’s Bradford HQ.
Just picking up on a point the Prof made on this thread about the importance of buying local, a point I’ve been hammering away at for years, in this week of COP26 when the scale of global issues are being laid bare it’s an issue that needs to be turned into a Crusade.
Localised production, localised supply chains, are now an absolute imperative. It’s not enough to simply acknowledge things have to be done differently, BE the difference. | |
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| Is this necessary? on 20:48 - Nov 2 with 825 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Is this necessary? on 19:19 - Nov 2 by Lohengrin |
Morrison probably hadn’t got around to changing the packing template, I suspect? I don’t imagine chicken crowns top the list of corporate priorities up at Morrison’s Bradford HQ.
Just picking up on a point the Prof made on this thread about the importance of buying local, a point I’ve been hammering away at for years, in this week of COP26 when the scale of global issues are being laid bare it’s an issue that needs to be turned into a Crusade.
Localised production, localised supply chains, are now an absolute imperative. It’s not enough to simply acknowledge things have to be done differently, BE the difference. |
So turning our backs on our closest market, the EU, is bonkers.
Liz Truss wants us to sell dead pigs to Mexico.
I am not making this up, i wish i was.
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| Is this necessary? on 00:07 - Nov 3 with 769 views | Kilkennyjack |
From the horses mouth … | |
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| Is this necessary? on 08:46 - Nov 3 with 718 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Is this necessary? on 00:07 - Nov 3 by Kilkennyjack |
From the horses mouth … |
Was part of the brexit agreement but from October 2022 the labelling will be changed to "non UK" as new food labelling regulations come into force. | |
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| Is this necessary? on 09:16 - Nov 3 with 694 views | Catullus |
| Is this necessary? on 00:07 - Nov 3 by Kilkennyjack |
From the horses mouth … |
Yes, from the horses mouth saying they are adhering to BRITISH regulations, sounds like control to me!
I don't get them apologising for following the rules. That's the world today though, you can't upset the Twitterati. | |
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| Is this necessary? on 11:57 - Nov 3 with 657 views | Professor |
| Is this necessary? on 10:06 - Nov 3 by Lohengrin |
Well they can’t remove the ‘non-EU’ tag so what do you suppose they will change? If that happens it’s going to cause an absolute shit-storm across social media with the red-tops wading in like it’s every bank holiday rolled into one.
I haven’t long come back from Morrison as it goes. Myself and the youngest had our marching orders but guess what? French cheese in there was packaged with a tricolour, German sausage with the Bundesflagge, Italian salami with Il Tricolore and so on to demonstrate their provenance. Strangely enough neither of us fainted at the sight of a flag, she didn’t stamp her feet and I didn’t wobble or dance the dickey-do.
I did end up spending three times what I thought I probably would though, she’s not coming again!  |
The labelling is (correctly in my view) a requirement. If a single source, then the country should be listed. In something like a seasoning blend then Non-EU, EU or a combination is fine, as the sources may be from several countries. The US is the main country that resists having a country of origin for foodstuffs. But that's a story for another day.
To read into this some pro-Brexit move by Morrison's is frankly, idiotic. Our EU views differ , as we have discussed amicably in an adult way a couple of years back. I quite like to buy British food and like seeing the Union Flag, Saltire, Ddraig Goch and various regional English flags such as on a product from Yorkshire or Cornwall to denote regional produce. Those leading pro-brexiters Aldi are at the forefront of this of course. | | | |
| Is this necessary? on 15:11 - Nov 3 with 626 views | Lohengrin |
| Is this necessary? on 11:57 - Nov 3 by Professor |
The labelling is (correctly in my view) a requirement. If a single source, then the country should be listed. In something like a seasoning blend then Non-EU, EU or a combination is fine, as the sources may be from several countries. The US is the main country that resists having a country of origin for foodstuffs. But that's a story for another day.
To read into this some pro-Brexit move by Morrison's is frankly, idiotic. Our EU views differ , as we have discussed amicably in an adult way a couple of years back. I quite like to buy British food and like seeing the Union Flag, Saltire, Ddraig Goch and various regional English flags such as on a product from Yorkshire or Cornwall to denote regional produce. Those leading pro-brexiters Aldi are at the forefront of this of course. |
M & S too, Prof. They’ve been labelling produce up with the appropriate flags and emblems for as long as I can remember. It’s helpful.
I’ve been reading this morning about people complaining to Morrison they have felt “intimidated” by the sight of a Union Flag on a sack of King Edward’s!
Good grief!  | |
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