{"id":19835,"date":"2016-07-29T21:42:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T20:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19835"},"modified":"2016-07-29T21:42:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T20:42:03","slug":"dumber-and-dumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19835","title":{"rendered":"Dumber and Dumber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of you will have heard the stories about dumb labels. It\u2019s sometimes hard to work out which end of the chain is the dumbest \u2013 the designer or the user \u2013 but whatever the reason, it is deemed necessary to state the most obvious facts in the most patronising way possible on many things that you buy.\"Lidl<\/p>\n

Actually, while I was looking for examples, I came across this website with some funny ones. I particularly like the veterinary tablets for someone\u2019s dog, with the warning of drowsiness, and not to drink alcohol or operate heavy machinery after taking them. It\u2019s obvious that they\u2019re mostly American \u2013 we<\/strong> aren\u2019t that bad. At least, I didn\u2019t think so until today.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve joked with my local Chinese takeaway before about how their menu warns that Chicken with Cashew Nuts \u201cmay contain traces of nuts\u201d. And it is on the subject of nuts \u2013 peanuts in fact \u2013 that an alert appeared in my inbox today.<\/p>\n

The Food Standards Agency announced that Lidl is recalling its Alesto brand of Honey Peanuts because peanuts are not mentioned in English on the packaging. I didn\u2019t realise things had gotten so bad. I mean, Lidl is a German company and much of what it sells comes from non-UK sources. I thought everyone was aware of that. But going a step further, what on earth would someone with a life-threatening food allergy be doing buying something to eat without knowing what was in it? Come on. We\u2019re talking about peanuts here \u2013 or \u201cerdn\u00fcsse\u201d – the number one killer of humans in the UK, if you believe the media on these things.<\/p>\n

And as if this wasn\u2019t bad enough, another warning came through advising that Lidl is recalling its Milbona brand of Fruit Yoghurt due to \u2013 wait for it \u2013 the presence of undeclared milk! Where the hell do people think yoghurt comes from? Bees?<\/p>\n

Food manufacturers are living a nightmare if the number of FSA alerts I see is anything to go by. Not a day passes without recalls due to undeclared milk, eggs, soya, sesame, mustard, wheat, gluten, and so on. Asda even had to do a recall a couple of weeks ago to milk \u201cas an allergen\u201d being incorrectly worded \u2013 I\u2019d have though that someone who was likely to explode if they consumed milk would be aware that the word they were looking for on the label was \u201cmilk\u201d. But it seems that manufacturers have to provide an encyclopaedic description these days, or face an expensive recall.<\/p>\n

Still, I suppose this Lidl thing is all leading nicely toward Brexit and the New British Nationalism (if it ever happens, and let\u2019s hope it doesn\u2019t).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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