The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

Been reading some of the details of the way he monitored the women who signed NDAs and it's extraordinary. He had fake journalists getting in touch with them to check if they'd say anything

[Maladict]

Placido Domingo is now confessing to abusing 27 women.

[The Larch]

There's a big push for saying what is in your food to stop allergy related deaths et al.

It's EU regulation.

[crazy canuck]

Been reading some of the details of the way he monitored the women who signed NDAs and it's extraordinary. He had fake journalists getting in touch with them to check if they'd say anything

Bloomberg or the other guy?

[Sheilbh]

There's a big push for saying what is in your food to stop allergy related deaths et al.

It's EU regulation.

I think it's beyond that now here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48752388

The EU law only applied to the most dangerous allergens.

There's been a few deaths in the UK (I think Pret) that prompted it. So a lot of fast restaurants/sandwich chains etc like Pret or Leon will also ask if you've any allergies before you order.

[The Larch]

There's a big push for saying what is in your food to stop allergy related deaths et al.

It's EU regulation.

I think it's beyond that now here:

The law, which will apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is set to come into force by the summer of 2021.

[Sheilbh]

If it was an EU reg wouldn't it also apply to Scotland?

[grumbler]

There's a big push for saying what is in your food to stop allergy related deaths et al.

It's EU regulation.

I think it's beyond that now here:

The law, which will apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is set to come into force by the summer of 2021.

But Natasha's Law applies only in those places.  it is not EU law, but UK law. 

[grumbler]

If it was an EU reg wouldn't it also apply to Scotland?

The UK Parliament cannot create EU regulations.

[The Larch]

If it was an EU reg wouldn't it also apply to Scotland?

That's the British law you mentioned, which is not yet in effect and seems to make producers give the full list of ingredients, rather than highlight allergens. The EU regulation, amongst other things, makes it mandatory to say if a food item has any of 14 specific allergens (sesame included, which was the one that killed that poor girl). The icons used are the following, which I believe are somehow standarized, but I don't know if that comes from the EU regulation specifically or somewhere else:

[Sheilbh]

Sure. But I think it's the UK law that Tyr was referring to when he said there's a big push for saying what's in your food, not the EU reg which is already law.

I think, because the EU reg left it for member states to implement on non-pre-packed foods, which covers that type of shop. This was in a Pret - so the sandwiches are made on the premises every morning (but not to order) used to just have signs telling customers to ask a member of staff if they have allergies. And from my time working in cafes you'd have a list of allergies for each product by the till. Now they'll have to have allergen labels.

Pret now list all ingredients, but them and Leon are the two I think of because every time you order the person at the till asks if you have any allergies.

[garbon]

And I always lie.

[Habbaku]

Some map porn: https://i.redd.it/8ngt2bsow3j41.jpg

High resolution image of an American-made map of Europe in 1914 with various stats for the countries involved.

[The Brain]

Some map porn: https://i.redd.it/8ngt2bsow3j41.jpg

High resolution image of an American-made map of Europe in 1914 with various stats for the countries involved.

Serbius Tullius would be proud.

[Oexmelin]

Good old president Poincaire.