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Richard Catto
Guest
"And foods not considered healthy must carry labels warning consumers
that they could make eaters fat."
Oh **** you, McDonalds! **** you! **** you! **** you!
and **** all the ****ing lard arses who continue to eat that ****!
My proposed warning label:
"Put this piece of **** burger down, you fat ugly mother****er, and go
grab yourself a rice cake instead. People like you make me sick to my
****ing stomach. By purchasing this piece of **** burger, you become
part of the problem. The solution is to kill you all. If this warning
label is not effective in getting you to adopt a healthier lifestyle,
South Africa will reinstate death by lethal injection just for you FAT
****S."
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Clamp down on junk food
No toys with burgers, no cartoons with sweetened cereals and no junk
food adverts at school tuckshops...
That's what's on the menu if proposed food regulations are passed.
These ban adverts, cartoons and toys aimed at enticing children to eat
junk food and unhealthy snacks. If passed, it could mean the death of
McDonald's fast-food symbol Ronald, as well as Snap, Crackle and Pop.
They also aim to put a stop to fake nutrition claims.
The 80-page draft regulations, under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and
Disinfectants Act of 1972, were issued last week and allow three
months for comment. An earlier draft was published in August 2002.
The regulations include new definitions, mandatory date markings on
most foods, and standards for nutritional information.
There is a list of foods "not considered essential for a healthy diet"
- like fast foods, sweets, cakes, sweetened cereals, and fizzy and
sports drinks.
These may not carry nutritional claims and may not be advertised to
children under 16, not even on labels.
Child actors, cartoon characters, and toys or gifts may also not be
used to advertise these or encourage children to eat them.
They may not be advertised at schools, preschools or tuckshops.
And foods not considered healthy must carry labels warning consumers
that they could make eaters fat.
The health department wants honest and responsible labelling and
marketing.
"The criteria for all categories of nutrition claims (nutrient
content, glycaemic index and comparative claims) and health claims
(function, enhanced function, reduction of disease risk, probiotics,
prebiotics and slimming claims), level the playing field for all food
manufacturers.
"This ensures the quality and reliability of information that is
intended for consumers," said health department spokesperson Sibani
Mngadi.
A senior medical natural scientist in the department's food
directorate, Yolande van der Riet, said the aim was to close
loopholes, bring South Africa up to international standards and
include updated food information.
"Our main aim was to get people to improve their health... and to
ensure honest and fair labelling."
She said the main players in the industry were aware of what was on
the cards.
"They've been involved. It's not, I think, a real shock to them."
The regulations rely on consumers reading food labels to make informed
- and healthy - choices.
Van der Riet was convinced that more consumers were reading labels,
and the department planned to encourage that.
She emphasised that non-essential foodstuffs listed were not "bad
foods", but too much of them was not a good thing. "It's not necessary
to consume them for a healthy lifestyle."
Food industries contacted would not comment, most of them saying they
were aware of the regulations but had not read them.
The Consumer Goods Council of SA (CGCSA) and the Advertising Standards
Authority of SA (ASA) welcomed the regulations, saying they would
consult with their sectors before commenting.
Both said some of the regulations arose from industry requests.
"We've been waiting for these for a long time," said CGCSA legal and
regulatory affairs manager Nick Tselentis.
Said ASA head of legal and regulatory affairs Gail Schimmel: "What is
important about them is that there are huge international concerns
about advertising junk food to children.
"If South Africa does not keep up with international concerns, with
international norms, we could find ourselves in a difficult position."
The health department admitted that policing the proposed food
labelling regulations would be complicated.
"We'll have to do a lot of training of environmental health
practitioners. There's quite a big task for us here," said Van der
Riet.
Policing was the responsibility of agencies such as municipalities,
customs and port authorities.
She expected "self-policing" by the food industry, with companies
checking up on rivals.
Visit health department website at www.doh.gov.za for regulations.
Foods listed "not essential":
Foods not essential for health, and for which no health or nutritional
claim may be made, include:
# Sweetened drinks
# "Energy", "sport" or "power" drinks
# Cakes
# Confectionery unless high in fibre and with a low glycaemic index
# Chocolates and sweet confectionery
# Chewing gum
# Fast foods with trans fats, a high glycaemic index, low fibre, high
salt, saturated fats or cooked in oil
# Flavoured fat spreads and margarine
# "Health" breakfast, seed or energy bars with more than 10g sugar per
bar, more than 1g per 100g of saturated fats, or any trans fats
# Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals with 15g or more sugar per 100g
# Sugar
# Tea and coffee creamers
# Food or drinks sweetened with fructose
# Mayonnaise
Labels for allergens:
Common allergens to be clearly identified on labels increase from two
to nine:
# Eggs
# Milk
# Crustaceans and molluscs
# Fish
# Peanuts
# Soya beans
# Tree nuts
# Natural flavourants
# Gluten, specifying its origin (wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley,
oats, etc).
that they could make eaters fat."
Oh **** you, McDonalds! **** you! **** you! **** you!
and **** all the ****ing lard arses who continue to eat that ****!
My proposed warning label:
"Put this piece of **** burger down, you fat ugly mother****er, and go
grab yourself a rice cake instead. People like you make me sick to my
****ing stomach. By purchasing this piece of **** burger, you become
part of the problem. The solution is to kill you all. If this warning
label is not effective in getting you to adopt a healthier lifestyle,
South Africa will reinstate death by lethal injection just for you FAT
****S."
~ ~ ~
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20070730011554247C946473
Clamp down on junk food
No toys with burgers, no cartoons with sweetened cereals and no junk
food adverts at school tuckshops...
That's what's on the menu if proposed food regulations are passed.
These ban adverts, cartoons and toys aimed at enticing children to eat
junk food and unhealthy snacks. If passed, it could mean the death of
McDonald's fast-food symbol Ronald, as well as Snap, Crackle and Pop.
They also aim to put a stop to fake nutrition claims.
The 80-page draft regulations, under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and
Disinfectants Act of 1972, were issued last week and allow three
months for comment. An earlier draft was published in August 2002.
The regulations include new definitions, mandatory date markings on
most foods, and standards for nutritional information.
There is a list of foods "not considered essential for a healthy diet"
- like fast foods, sweets, cakes, sweetened cereals, and fizzy and
sports drinks.
These may not carry nutritional claims and may not be advertised to
children under 16, not even on labels.
Child actors, cartoon characters, and toys or gifts may also not be
used to advertise these or encourage children to eat them.
They may not be advertised at schools, preschools or tuckshops.
And foods not considered healthy must carry labels warning consumers
that they could make eaters fat.
The health department wants honest and responsible labelling and
marketing.
"The criteria for all categories of nutrition claims (nutrient
content, glycaemic index and comparative claims) and health claims
(function, enhanced function, reduction of disease risk, probiotics,
prebiotics and slimming claims), level the playing field for all food
manufacturers.
"This ensures the quality and reliability of information that is
intended for consumers," said health department spokesperson Sibani
Mngadi.
A senior medical natural scientist in the department's food
directorate, Yolande van der Riet, said the aim was to close
loopholes, bring South Africa up to international standards and
include updated food information.
"Our main aim was to get people to improve their health... and to
ensure honest and fair labelling."
She said the main players in the industry were aware of what was on
the cards.
"They've been involved. It's not, I think, a real shock to them."
The regulations rely on consumers reading food labels to make informed
- and healthy - choices.
Van der Riet was convinced that more consumers were reading labels,
and the department planned to encourage that.
She emphasised that non-essential foodstuffs listed were not "bad
foods", but too much of them was not a good thing. "It's not necessary
to consume them for a healthy lifestyle."
Food industries contacted would not comment, most of them saying they
were aware of the regulations but had not read them.
The Consumer Goods Council of SA (CGCSA) and the Advertising Standards
Authority of SA (ASA) welcomed the regulations, saying they would
consult with their sectors before commenting.
Both said some of the regulations arose from industry requests.
"We've been waiting for these for a long time," said CGCSA legal and
regulatory affairs manager Nick Tselentis.
Said ASA head of legal and regulatory affairs Gail Schimmel: "What is
important about them is that there are huge international concerns
about advertising junk food to children.
"If South Africa does not keep up with international concerns, with
international norms, we could find ourselves in a difficult position."
The health department admitted that policing the proposed food
labelling regulations would be complicated.
"We'll have to do a lot of training of environmental health
practitioners. There's quite a big task for us here," said Van der
Riet.
Policing was the responsibility of agencies such as municipalities,
customs and port authorities.
She expected "self-policing" by the food industry, with companies
checking up on rivals.
Visit health department website at www.doh.gov.za for regulations.
Foods listed "not essential":
Foods not essential for health, and for which no health or nutritional
claim may be made, include:
# Sweetened drinks
# "Energy", "sport" or "power" drinks
# Cakes
# Confectionery unless high in fibre and with a low glycaemic index
# Chocolates and sweet confectionery
# Chewing gum
# Fast foods with trans fats, a high glycaemic index, low fibre, high
salt, saturated fats or cooked in oil
# Flavoured fat spreads and margarine
# "Health" breakfast, seed or energy bars with more than 10g sugar per
bar, more than 1g per 100g of saturated fats, or any trans fats
# Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals with 15g or more sugar per 100g
# Sugar
# Tea and coffee creamers
# Food or drinks sweetened with fructose
# Mayonnaise
Labels for allergens:
Common allergens to be clearly identified on labels increase from two
to nine:
# Eggs
# Milk
# Crustaceans and molluscs
# Fish
# Peanuts
# Soya beans
# Tree nuts
# Natural flavourants
# Gluten, specifying its origin (wheat, durum wheat, rye, barley,
oats, etc).
