In the run up to Easter Brexiter fury was aimed at the requirement for Marmalade to be renamed if we (re)align UK food labelling regulations with the EU; this would be for the addition of the word 'citrus' in a blow to UK sovereignty.
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@ChrisMayLA6 @only_ohm @TimWardCam Politicians around the world behave like this - endless pursuit of sound bites for tonight's headlines - because they think it is the only way to deal with the "media cycle". So they flip and flop and flap, and stand for nothing.
Yet the evidence is abundantly clear that it doesn't work - and those politicians have short shelf-lives.
Conversely, those that establish a clear set of values and, dare I say it policies, last much longer... /1
@ChrisMayLA6 @only_ohm @TimWardCam This is especially true of eg Australia's community independent movement (including my brilliant MP in Sydney).
For me, the point is that clarity of long-term objectives is the best platform for short-term success.
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@ChrisMayLA6 Finally, we'll be able to sell tomato marmalade, chocolate marmalade, and sweet potato marmalade. Yes, sweet potato is listed as a fruit, so are carrots. No, I don't know why.
Now if the EU could also fix the definition of "wine" in the same way it would be great.
@geoffl @ChrisMayLA6 onion marmalade is already a thing/abomination
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@geoffl @ChrisMayLA6 onion marmalade is already a thing/abomination
@Ighostrider @geoffl @ChrisMayLA6 you have not met my local baker's cheese and onion marmalade roll; it is a delight.
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@geoffl @ChrisMayLA6 onion marmalade is already a thing/abomination
You'll be pleased to hear that onion marmalade is in breach of the labelling rules and a clear misuse of the term 'marmalade'. A call to your local trading standards office is in order.
The Jam and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003
These Regulations, which apply to England, implement Council Directive 2001/113/EC concerning fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption (OJ No. L10, 12.1.2002, p. 67) and also contain national measures. They revoke and replace the Jam and Similar Products Regulations 1981, as amended, in relation to England.
(www.legislation.gov.uk)
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