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Post by justmyopinion on Jan 13, 2009 5:54:35 GMT
You couldn't make it up!  Britain's most famous milk chocolate maker has decided to warn milk chocolate lovers that Britain's most famous milk chocolate contains - milk. The latest Cadbury Dairy Milk wrappers feature a logo showing a glass and a half of milk being poured into a chocolate chunk, put milk first in a list of ingredients and explains that there is "The equivalent of three quarters of a pint of milk of fresh liquid milk in every half pound of milk chocolate". But Cadbury says it is also necessary to print warnings in capital letters in yellow boxes saying "CONTAINS: MILK" in case people who are allergic to milk do not realise that there is milk in Cadbury Dairy Milk bars. |
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Post by joliet on Jan 13, 2009 9:37:17 GMT
I'm not that surprised. They're just trying to protect themselves against "no win, no fee" litigation. Solicitors who will argue black is white and will win because common sense doesn't seem to come into the law.
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Post by tarrant on Jan 13, 2009 10:09:28 GMT
3/4 Pint in every half pound??
I remember when it was a glass and a half in every half pound.
Have feeling this may be an advertising stunt.
Lactose intolerance is very rare, yet many alternative food fascists like to claim that everyone and their cat is lactose intolerant.
I still chuckle recalling a Naturopath at a healthy living conference in the 70s, having conversations with lots of people and telling every one of them their problem may be Lactose Intolerance.
One woman demanded to know 'Which problem are you referring to young man?'
He slithered away!
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Post by Libby on Jan 13, 2009 12:33:08 GMT
I can understand the need to put strong warnings about nut content in sweets and foods etc., because of the dangers of nut allergies, but i think Cadbury's have gone mad on this one!
Next we will be told beware because orange juice contains citrus fruits, where does it end?!
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Post by justmyopinion on Jan 13, 2009 13:25:12 GMT
I would love to think that fruit juice actually contains citrus fruit
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 13, 2009 13:29:52 GMT
Wot about Black Forest Gateaux then, eh, eh ? trees ? |
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Post by Woolf on Jan 13, 2009 13:40:50 GMT
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Post by Victor Meldrew on Jan 13, 2009 13:42:13 GMT
As has been mentioned, this is definitely yet another result of the litigation culture in this Country, where the absence of any level of common sense whatsoever is no barrier to a successful injury claim.
It just follows on from "may contain nuts" on a packet of dry roasted peanuts, "warning - contents hot" on the side of MacDonalds' cups used for teas and coffees, and the list goes on.
Last night, I had to sit on a town council meeting debating our 2009/10 budget. In this day and age where we'd like to keep council tax rises to a minimum, we were forced to place an additional £1,000 into our maintenance budget, which, of course will be paid for by the council tax payers. Why? Because we have two play areas with standard play equipment. Under health and safety legislation, a ROSPA certified inspector has to visit our town EVERY WEEK at £20 per visit and assess whether the equipment is safe. Without this, we could be invalidating our public liability insurance and could be sued directly in the event of an accident. Sure, equipment needs checking, but which idiot decided it had to be done weekly rather than monthly? Why not daily, or perhaps every six hours? This health and safety cr*p really has gone too far, and assumes that everyone is braindead and unable to demonstrate any form of self protection. Given the current economic situation, the financial burden on companies and organisations to protect people in situations which should be plainly obvious that they pose a danger is hitting hard.
By the way, I wonder if Cadbury have thought about the possibility of a blind person, alergic to milk, eating one of their chocolate bars. What, they have no warnings in braille? They deserve everything they get.
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Post by Woolf on Jan 13, 2009 13:45:35 GMT
Wot if you are dyslexic
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 13, 2009 13:48:06 GMT
"Wot if you are dyslexic"
Ask Rude Eric - he'll know
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Post by Victor Meldrew on Jan 13, 2009 13:48:35 GMT
That's OK.
Limk is safe for everyone.
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Post by kog on Jan 13, 2009 14:02:22 GMT
WHAT! Dairy Milk Chocalate contains milk, who would have guessed it
I think they should put warnings on Peanuts
WARNING: Peanuts contain nuts.
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Post by Libby on Jan 13, 2009 14:40:52 GMT
Seriously though, it must be hell if a person is genuinely dyslexic or blind with all these warnings that they can't see/read or feel. How on Earth did people manage years ago without the nut warnings etc?!
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Post by cheyenne on Jan 13, 2009 15:17:45 GMT
I agree with posters such as joliet that all the seemingly excessive health and safety warnings on products are a result of the litigation that is now rife in the UK every bit as much as the US. And it's not just in the private sector, I work for the NHS and every i has to be dotted and t dashed, in everything from contracts of employment to training all staff against all eventualities. This will make some people laugh but is nevertheless true: one of our Trust's latest policies is that every nurse has to undergo 5-day managing work related violence training BEFORE we can allow them to start work, and we cannot all anybody to start work before we have full criminal records bureau clearance, and that can take anything up to 6 months. So in effect, we have people that we have interviewed, offered jobs to, but cannot start work for months. No wonder we're understaffed.
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Post by Libby on Jan 13, 2009 15:21:03 GMT
I have the same problem in my work Cheyenne. I am a nurse working in a nursing home. Permanently short-staffed because of hold-ups over CRB's, POVA's etc. Getting people to fill the positions is quite easy, but so many drop out during the lengthy vetting process, it's a real pain! As a nation we have gone overboard with paperwork and formality and political correctness.
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Post by tarrant on Jan 13, 2009 18:38:47 GMT
The strange thing is peanuts are not actually nuts. It's a fruit!
The miniscule minority with nut allergy are usually not sensitive to peanuts at all!
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Post by newyorker on Jan 13, 2009 18:42:41 GMT
Wow. when will your government be deploying the Nanny army to wipe your asses for you?
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Post by radge on Jan 13, 2009 18:50:39 GMT
just because of this effort made by cadbury's i now hate all lactose intolerant people and any other type of milk allergy c*ck mongers. They are all scum and ruin our lives.
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Post by puffin on Jan 13, 2009 19:35:13 GMT
Wow. when will your government be deploying the Nanny army to wipe your asses for you? It wouldn't be necessary to put these warnings on if the Ambulance chaser culture hadn't been imported from your side of the pond,NY.  Before some of your lawers saw an unexploited market here personal responsibility was a given. |
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Post by reverend on Jan 13, 2009 19:37:10 GMT
its still way to ambiguous to me, not a single mention of chocolate!
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