Posted on 11/18/2011 10:21:20 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder
EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration.
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.” Related Articles
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."...............
He said: “The EU is saying that this does not reduce the risk of dehydration and that is correct.
“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
No one would think to make this stuff up!
WTF??? Bureaucrats are completely insane.
ditto.
And we the US are following down that same insane bricked road.
I guess it’s the same mentality that says abstinence education doesn’t prevent teen pregnancy.
They are trying to promote Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator
“Brawndo’s got what plants crave”
Now I know where the Monty Python’s Flying Circus script writers all went, they are highly paid Sr. Scientists in the EU.
...from the ministry of truth.
EUrtopia is failing
I hope they include a warning lable that EVERY bottle of water contains excessive amounts of di-hydrogen monoxide.
Too...stupid...to...live.
“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”
I’ve seen this before where you can’t advertize something that’s obvious. Like “this water contains 0% saturated fat”. They argue you’re implying that some other water does have saturated fat. So you force all other companies into this same ridiculous claim
“Hello, I’m from the EU, and I’m here to help.”
“Oh, and by the way, British peons, you are not allowed to have that vote on EU membership.”
What does prevent dehydration?
If water doesn’t do it what does?
Do they have an answer for that one?
Also losing is winning, government control is freedom, spending is the key to saving, abortion saves lives, government taking property is moral and has no effect on individuals taking property, and destroying wealth producers is the best way to have a fair economy.
Worse - it's like a claim that abstinence doesn't prevent teen pregnancy.
Do they sell dehydrated water in Europe?
He said: “The EU is saying that this does not reduce the risk of dehydration and that is correct.comes from Prof.Brian Radcliffe, of the Nutrition Society (which apears to be a voluntary interfering busybody group), the only person that the reporter found who was willing to state that the Eurinal regulations were a good idea.“This claim is trying to imply that there is something special about bottled water which is not a reasonable claim.”
The Dept. Health spokesman cited in the preceding sentence, like everyone else quoted, was saying the the ruling was bizzaro
Bad Exerpting, Bad!
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