The breakfast favourite will be legally renamed when Britain aligns with new EU labelling rules.
  • Quittenbrot@feddit.orgEnglish
    25·
    7 days ago

    Pre-Brexit UK: these rules from Brussels apply to us, but we can shape them according to our needs.

    Post-Brexit UK: these rules from Brussels apply to us, but there’s nothing we can do about it.

    I know which one I’d prefer - but it’s not my choice to make.

  • botbot@feddit.orgEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    It is crazy that the EU-regulation for labelling marmelade even existed when the distinction between (citrus) marmelade and jam is only a british thing

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      with other kinds of fruit spread named **“jam” or equivalent terms in other languages. **

      Here we have marmalade or syltetøj.
      And they used to have distinct meanings, which I am not quite familiar with. I think for marmalade there originally was a requirement of a certain level of sugar content. But IMO such a requirement would not make much sense today.

      Seems to me the article is doing a piss poor job at giving a concise description of what the regulation actually means.

  • rants_unnecessarily@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    And could someone please explain to me why we need to know whether it’s a citrus preservatives or any other fruit preservative?
    Why do they need the distinction “citrus”?
    You can even see what fruit it is on the box jar…