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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: deepwater on November 19, 2011, 09:11:44 PM
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so now water does not hydrate? of course it does. that's why we use it to make beer!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html
EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.
Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.
Last night, critics claimed the EU was at odds with both science and common sense. Conservative MEP Roger Helmer said: “This is stupidity writ large.
“The euro is burning, the EU is falling apart and yet here they are: highly-paid, highly-pensioned officials worrying about the obvious qualities of water and trying to deny us the right to say what is patently true.
“If ever there were an episode which demonstrates the folly of the great European project then this is it.”
NHS health guidelines state clearly that drinking water helps avoid dehydration, and that Britons should drink at least 1.2 litres per day
The Department for Health disputed the wisdom of the new law. A spokesman said: “Of course water hydrates. While we support the EU in preventing false claims about products, we need to exercise common sense as far as possible."
German professors Dr Andreas Hahn and Dr Moritz Hagenmeyer, who advise food manufacturers on how to advertise their products, asked the European Commission if the claim could be made on labels.
They compiled what they assumed was an uncontroversial statement in order to test new laws which allow products to claim they can reduce the risk of disease, subject to EU approval.
They applied for the right to state that “regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration” as well as preventing a decrease in performance.
However, last February, the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) refused to approve the statement.
really, how stupid can those that govern and dictate get?
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ROFL!
I gotta ask...are we exporting stupid bureaucrats or importing them?
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ROFL!
I gotta ask...are we exporting stupid bureaucrats or importing them?
Yes....
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ROFL!
I gotta ask...are we exporting stupid bureaucrats or importing them?
It's a trade balance. We give 'em something stupid like our prez claiming Hawaii is in Asia...
They give us something stupid like water doesn't hydrate.
By-the-way, I just picked up a new franchise selling dehydrated water to the Froggies. I can get you in on the ground floor...
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By-the-way, I just picked up a new franchise selling dehydrated water to the Froggies. I can get you in on the ground floor...
I'm in if it's the no fat diet water.
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I'm in if it's the no fat diet water.
How about the caffeine free version? I'm kind of a health nut you know ;)
I'd suggest we outlaw stupidity, but I don't know if we could find an island large enough to ship all the convicts to >:(
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I'm in if it's the no fat diet water.
Totally fat and caffeine free. And the initial offering will be Natural Flavor (or flavour for the Brits)
Also available in the homeopathic version if you're really a concerned consumer. THAT features dehydrated water in the 1:100030 dilution.
Sweet, huh?
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Totally fat and caffeine free. And the initial offering will be Natural Flavor (or flavour for the Brits)
Also available in the homeopathic version if you're really a concerned consumer. THAT features dehydrated water in the 1:100030 dilution.
Sweet, huh?
Can you define homeopathic? I'm not sure water really has those properties, and how do we regulate it? Please include your $10 million application fee ... excuse me, 10 million euro fee with your label application.
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Totally fat and caffeine free. And the initial offering will be Natural Flavor (or flavour for the Brits)
Also available in the homeopathic version if you're really a concerned consumer. THAT features dehydrated water in the 1:100030 dilution.
Sweet, huh?
CR, how do you rehydrate your product? add water?
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CR, how do you rehydrate your product? add water?
I can't speak for CR, but I'd guess that is one way.
But, you can use pure filtered rain water and get all the benefits of bottled water for free.
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(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll303/IMAOZI/Signs/stupid-2.jpg)
No wonder the EU is spiraling down in flames....
Although, we're not that far behind.....One of my favorite:
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/chad_rogers221/wateronroad.jpg)
The D.O.T.
Exemplifies Stupidity...
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The EU must have heard that our BATF classified Chore Boy scrubbing pads as illegal firearms, and not to be outdone.