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[-] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 140 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did a quick search to see if nutrition and ingredients were listed - they weren't. Saw a lot of "our products are super nutritious trust me bro" in their ads.

Actually makes me thankful of all the regulations our food suppliers have to follow in the US.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 115 points 1 year ago

Actually makes me thankful of all the regulations our food suppliers have to follow in the US.

As a European: lol

[-] hannes3120@feddit.de 34 points 1 year ago

Yeah - was about to do that

I think EU regulations for food and border-free movement between countries are the two most valuable EU advantages by far

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what you're loling about, only major difference between EU and USA nutrition labels are the percentage amount listings.

[-] NoMoreCocaine@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

IIRC - USA is a lot more arbitrary and less interested in the customer safety (and open for bribery, sorry I mean lobbying) and USA also has a good amount of stuff for sale that's not allowed in EU.

There's quite a few articles and videos on the subject, but it's been a long time since I read or watched any.

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Is the EU better than the US in this respect? You bet.

Can the US do better? Sure.

But the US is definitely far better with food nutrition labels than many countries with unenforced laws.

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[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago

I'm laughing because the EU has far stricter food regulations than the US. The way Americans think about news like this is kinda similar to how we see the US from our perspective here.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

The USA and EU both require a full list of ingredients, though.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

Cool. But that wasn't really what he was saying.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

You said you view the USA's regulatory standards as the USA views Nigeria's but the USA enforces a full ingredient list so that's kind of nonsensical. If a can of tomatoes went from the USA to EU there would likely be no issue. Even the more chemical sounding names like "Calcium Chloride" salt are commonplace in the EU, in fact I think it was developed there.

I think regulations are better in the EU but you chose a really shit example to use.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

But it wasn't just about ingredient lists but food standards and I literally did not use ANY example at all. Please stop the straw manning.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 year ago

Actually makes me thankful of all the regulations our food suppliers have to follow in the US.

For now

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

I think they're really going to lose a lot of business over this lawsuit. If they had just left that lady alone hardly anyone would have seen her review lol

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Streisand effect hits hard

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago

Amazing that we, as a species, are incapable of learning from history.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I mean there's a reason there's warning labels on everything about not doing the most obvious thing you should never do.

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[-] HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

Makes me thankful that in the US the truth is a defense against libel.

[-] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 year ago

Only if you can get through the years of litigation, harassment, stress, and have the money to weather it out. Truth and justice are more easily attainable for those who can afford it.

[-] HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

You don't find this kind of criminal prosecution or civil actions in the US.

[-] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago

No, not criminal prosecutions for what should be a minor issue, but definitely civil suits. SLAPP suits have been a problem, where the plaintiff doesn't necessarily expect to win. They just want to punish people by making their lives miserable through drawn out litigation. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU

[-] HaywardT@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Compared to other countries our risk is pretty low. Does the risk of a SLAPP keep you from reviewing a restaurant? In Portugal people that have been scammed out of money on non-existent rentals are scared to me names because of the very real risk of criminal prosecution.

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[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Lots of local police departments in USA too frequently arrest people for bullshit charges when called out

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 137 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] Doxanarchy@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

He's only 39 with a 40 year old image 🤔

[-] JustAnotherRando@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

The woman being harassed by this company and the police is the only that's 39. The article doesn't mention the founder's age, and he definitely looks older than 39 from a quick search.

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

He worked hard in utero. /#neverstophustling

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

he would “rather die

This dude takes tomato sauce seriously.

[-] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Blood may be thicker than water but tomato sauce is thicker than blood.

[-] hairyfeet@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Guess he won't be eating his own tomato puree then

[-] petrol_sniff_king 3 points 1 year ago

"I won't allow some lady to tarnish my image!"
"I will do it my self!"

[-] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago

Sounds like corruption is playing a part in this

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

What are the odds the food owner has a good friend at the ol’ Nigerian Justice Department.

This whole thing is bullshit on top of bullshit.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 47 points 1 year ago
[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

This one deserved a internet "hug". I swear to god corrupt people like this should have their lifes destroyed

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 30 points 1 year ago

"This tomato sauce is a bit sweet for my taste."

"FUCK YOU! I WILL KILL YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR DOG, BURN EVERYTHING TO THE GROUND AND PISS ON THE ASHES!"

"Jesus Christ, man! I just said it was a bit too sweet."

[-] markpaskal@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

She actually said something along the lines of "your brother's company is killing people the sauce is so sweet" in response to a comment or so I read in another article this morning.

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's in this article:

Help me advise your brother to stop ki***ing people with his product, yesterday was my first time of using and it’s pure sugar.

[-] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

I hope that her defense also makes the argument that there is no damages because online reviews have zero value when the majority of them are fake paid reviews.

[-] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

I can just about hear someone saying, "Do you know who I am?" or "Do you know who my father is?"

This situation just screams of the diabeetus-loving tomato sauce company bribing the local police.

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