JimBowie1958
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Recap of major points of contention:
The reg in question:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:299:0001:0003:EN:PDF
A defense of the regulation
The Online Society
The pivotal part of the above is the following from the EU:
So, since they classify dehydration as a disease (though that isnot the kind of dehydration a bottled water company is trying to address as anyone with any sense realizes) and lack of water is classified as a measure of the disease and not a 'risk factor', drinking water cannot be classified as reducing a risk factor, and so the bottled water company cannot claim it prevents/treats/does anything for dehydration.
In short, thanks to bureacratic redefinition, categorization and general idiocy, the EU prohibited a company that sells bottled water from claiming that drinking their water can prevent dehydration.
And morons here rush to the EUs defense because they are ideologically blinded fools and dimwits.
Jail and fines:
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
The reg in question:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:299:0001:0003:EN:PDF
A defense of the regulation
The Online Society
The pivotal part of the above is the following from the EU:
‘[The previous regulation] defines reduction of disease risk claims as ‘any health claim that states, suggests or implies that the consumption of a food category, a food or one of its constituents significantly reduces a risk factor in the development of a human disease’. Upon request for clarification, the applicant proposed water loss in tissues or reduced water content in tissues as risk factors of dehydration. On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion received by the Commission and the Member States on 16 February 2011 that the proposed risk factors are measures of water depletion and thus are measures of the disease. Accordingly, as a risk factor in the development of a disease is not shown to be reduced, the claim does not comply with the requirements of [the regulation] and it should not be authorised.’
So, since they classify dehydration as a disease (though that isnot the kind of dehydration a bottled water company is trying to address as anyone with any sense realizes) and lack of water is classified as a measure of the disease and not a 'risk factor', drinking water cannot be classified as reducing a risk factor, and so the bottled water company cannot claim it prevents/treats/does anything for dehydration.
In short, thanks to bureacratic redefinition, categorization and general idiocy, the EU prohibited a company that sells bottled water from claiming that drinking their water can prevent dehydration.
And morons here rush to the EUs defense because they are ideologically blinded fools and dimwits.
Jail and fines:
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:404:0009:0025:EN:PDF
Offenses and penalties
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2080/pdfs/uksi_20072080_en.pdf
Offences and Penalties
5.—(1) Subject to the derogation contained in Article 1(3) (relating to trade marks etc) and to the
transitional measures contained in Article 28, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with
the provisions of the Regulation specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence and liable —
(a) on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to a
fine or both;
(b) on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or to a fine
not exceeding the statutory maximum or both...