From now we have to put bilingual label about the ingredient of all packed food.
You may say: Why, we ought to know what we eat; it is of course a good move to promote public health.
In that case, why do we only ask for labels on, say, packed sandwiches but accept chain-stores selling hamburgers or fried chickens without regulation ? Many of us should remember the famous story a few years ago: Many local nuns discovered to their horror that the french fries from a famous Hamburger maker are not suitable for Buddhist because the potatoes are actually fried in animal oil - and there was never a label what so ever.
No, don't get me wrong. I'm not asking for more laws here - it ruins the free market. After all, as Marcus Cicero said: the more law, the less justice.
In that case, why do we only ask for labels on, say, packed sandwiches but accept chain-stores selling hamburgers or fried chickens without regulation ? Many of us should remember the famous story a few years ago: Many local nuns discovered to their horror that the french fries from a famous Hamburger maker are not suitable for Buddhist because the potatoes are actually fried in animal oil - and there was never a label what so ever.
No, don't get me wrong. I'm not asking for more laws here - it ruins the free market. After all, as Marcus Cicero said: the more law, the less justice.
PS. A more cost effective way to promote public health, I believe, is to ensure the expire date on all packed food to be placed on an eye-catching place - and in, say, Arial 40 font. At least it could prevent some immediate deaths from food poisoning - a not-too-rare happening after consuming bargain purchase from some supermarkets !
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