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Odd Ball
Week 7
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Not a very good photo, but it was a perfect Odd Ball…
at least I think so.
Having spent most of my life on or around farms,
when shopping becomes my task,
I always look for the Made in Australia label…
even if it does cost a little more.
And so it was on Thursday when buying some cheese.
Then my eye caught the warning symbol and Allergen Advice heading.
It appears that society, or the world, has become so reliant on
regulatory bodies warning them of ingredients products
may contain, that consumers no longer think
it is their responsibility to have any knowledge of products they consume!
Anybody can Google ‘main ingredients of cheese’ and
will be told that it is MILK. Believe me. I just did!
But, really! Are we so reliant upon Google?
Unfortunately with the advent of the internet,
I think the answer is “Yes.”
So consumer…you have been warned.
Cheese contains MILK!
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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge-7
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WoollyMuses 
Labels can be so deceptive, as well as so obvious. I like the warning that has to go on coffee cups–Warning! Contents can be very hot.–or something similar. Of course, it’s because of lawsuits, but how ridiculous! If the coffee isn’t hot, people complain, too. The world’s crazy these days.
janet
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Yes nobody takes responsibility for their own actions….always someone else’s fault. It’s a case of ‘…you didn’t tell me/warn me/put a sign up….that is was dangerous…’ I think I read an obituary to commonsense some years ago now. Everyone seems to know their rights, but have no idea about THEIR responsibilities. ‘Nough said…or I will ramble 🙂
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I completely agree!
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I found the obituary and have posted it
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Great photo. Love your thinking. That is interesting about Birds Eye. I haven’t heard that one yet.
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Thanks Raewyn. I can send it to you or create a post if you like. But I must add NZ takes a bit of a hit in the article.
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My email is drforbes@xtra.co.nz. I can take it on the chin. I haven’t heard about this yet in New Zealand
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On its way Raewyn
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Such a great entry for this week. Make sure you keep it refrigerated!
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Was that on the lable?? 😀
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I’m teaching my students about nutrition labels right now. Isn’t it interesting how they have to state the obvious. When ‘fat free’ was the craze, foods that never contained fat were advertised as fat free and now that gluten free is the hot commodity, all foods that never contained gluten are labelled gluten free. People don’t even know what gluten is but believe that it must be bad so we should ALL avoid it, not just those poor people who are gluten intolerant and suffer intensely from it.
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Yes. I used to grumble about. advertised. 96% fat free milk. I was always under the impression that there was only about 4% fat in cow’s milk which made it 96% fat free in its natural state. According to Google, this morning, Canadian and American whole milk, contains 3.75% fat. I suspect cows around the world would produce similar milk. But doesn’t it sound better if your product is 96% fat free. So a product which 96.25% fat free is advertised as 96% fat free and sold at a premium price.
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Labels definitely leave me scratching my head too sometimes … like the bag of walnuts I bought which included an ingredient list on the package. You guessed it …. it contained one ingredient – walnuts.
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It must have been a peanut who designed the label. What do you think? 🙂
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I think we live in a crazy world where people don’t have to be responsible for exercising common sense and will sue companies at the drop of a pin.
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You will have no argument from me on that score. I toned down my comments quite a bit before hitting ‘publish’….just wasn’t sure of others’ thoughts
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😀
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Well, we learn something new every day!
Says she, throwing out the Nanna’s frozen berries that were in her freezer, not wanting to develop Hepatitis A. What a world we live in.
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And apparently Birds Eye is moving to New Zealand to take advantage of the different import requirements. If Birds Eye moves we will, according to an email, have no food processors in the country. You’re not on your own with Nanna’s Berrys from what I hear.
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I was watching the ABC this evening, about the Jillaroos. The shots of the sheep reminded me of your blog header photo!
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At times like these, when no work about, I do wish I had kept my classing registration current…and just occasionally I would like to have some involvement with then. Then I remember the 0300 call outs in old stormy conditions to shed cold sheep. Naaaaah 🙂
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