I too am at a loss what to do for tea tonight, as I really wanted to eat out at an Indian or Bangladeshi restaurant.
Can't wait for my chlorinated, antibiotic and hormone fed meat
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Well from that link Sod posted. Backs up my point.
Though citizens have high aspirations for farm animal welfare in the UK, as consumers they are not always aware of the difference between production systems or willing to pay a higher price for premium welfare products. This could exacerbate the challenge to UK farmers’ competitiveness arising from a potential increase in cheaper imports produced to lower welfare standards. (Paragraph 80)
11.Our evidence suggests that effective and transparent labelling has in some cases helped consumers to distinguish higher welfare products, thereby influencing consumer choices. Given the challenges that will face UK farmers in competing with lower welfare imports post-Brexit, there is now a strong case for simplifying labelling systems, to ensure consumers can easily process and act upon the farm animal welfare information contained in the label. We also note that some call for the introduction of mandatory country of origin and method of production labelling based on welfare outcomes. We urge the Government to consult with the industry, consumers and retailers to ensure that any new or simplified labels or labelling systems are effective and proportionate. (Paragraph 81)
The point is consumers are not rational actors when it comes to decision making due to asymmetries of info and search costs. It's why even after warnings on packets and campaigns people still smoke and take alcohol to excess.
People will continue to make decisions not on the rational facts but on the descriptions. Which is where having tight food regulations takes away the need for consumers to search out or select between meat produced to different standards.
Though citizens have high aspirations for farm animal welfare in the UK, as consumers they are not always aware of the difference between production systems or willing to pay a higher price for premium welfare products. This could exacerbate the challenge to UK farmers’ competitiveness arising from a potential increase in cheaper imports produced to lower welfare standards. (Paragraph 80)
11.Our evidence suggests that effective and transparent labelling has in some cases helped consumers to distinguish higher welfare products, thereby influencing consumer choices. Given the challenges that will face UK farmers in competing with lower welfare imports post-Brexit, there is now a strong case for simplifying labelling systems, to ensure consumers can easily process and act upon the farm animal welfare information contained in the label. We also note that some call for the introduction of mandatory country of origin and method of production labelling based on welfare outcomes. We urge the Government to consult with the industry, consumers and retailers to ensure that any new or simplified labels or labelling systems are effective and proportionate. (Paragraph 81)
The point is consumers are not rational actors when it comes to decision making due to asymmetries of info and search costs. It's why even after warnings on packets and campaigns people still smoke and take alcohol to excess.
People will continue to make decisions not on the rational facts but on the descriptions. Which is where having tight food regulations takes away the need for consumers to search out or select between meat produced to different standards.
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Wagamama's is British, lol. Katsu curry... yum.... yumm...Clearly BAS is living in the 1970's.
I must admit my Dad won't eat curry or pasta.....but he is 91
Maybe its true about people not liking foreign food, I mean there are loads more English restaurants in the the high street than foreign cuisine.
I've always wanted to visit Wagamamas, I just wish there was one in this country
The only person I knew who didn't like 'foreign muck' was my grandma. If she were alive today, she'd be 107 but sat and tucked into spag bol etc. What's daft is that so much of our food is based from all cultures and we imported much treasured spices and sugar because we held their value. Spuds, sausages, butter, even the very 'British' cup of tea isn't bloody British. It's nuts to say that the British don't like 'foreign muck', we've been influenced by other countries for centuries.
Good luck telling that to the quitters
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It backs up your point, but it also shows you how to buy better if animal welfare and what is in your food if it really does bother you (as opposed to just complaining about another Brexit situation).
Your original post and some after that refused to address (and just mocked) that actually, you can still buy what you want after we leave the EU. It would be better to, surely? Spending money on British products to help the failing economy!
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And BAS, a remainer.Good luck telling that to the quitters
(not that it has anything to do with brexit political stance am sure).
Ball cocks; people smoke and drink, despite warnings to cease, because they're addicted, not because of "asymmetries of information".
I guess you never saw the 'marlboro man' ads then
you think that cigarette companies heaped billions of pounds into sport sponsorship, popular with teens, out of a sense of charity?
They need to recruit lots of young addicts to replenish their customer base, because their most loyal older addicts keep dropping off the perch.
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Not in the UK they don't and not done so for many a year. No marketing for sports events showing branded goods etc for the EU either.
luckily kids who start smoking the in the UK is falling in numbers.
Hundreds of smokers here in Ischgl. All my chick-pulling clothes stink of fags. And boy, can those Gerries drink!
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Thought you were married?!!
I am!
I can't help it if I have to fight them off. Perhaps it's me Old Spice then....
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Lol, women of today probably prefer the smell of stale fags to old spice!I am!
I can't help it if I have to fight them off. Perhaps it's me Old Spice then....
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