Att Fatties: Good work on getting blue cheese banned (1 Viewer)

[katie tully]

Vegemite, blue cheese, jams under threat due to salt, fat, sugar content | National | News.com.au

They propose extra taxes on "energy-dense" foods; regulating fat, salt and sugar content in food and drink; and banning advertising of unhealthy foods to children and eliminating them from school vending machines.

The council last year pre-empted the junk-food advertising ban by signing up its members, which included Coca-Cola Amatil, Nestle and Sara Lee, to self-regulatory curbs on their promotions to children.

But the council, which represents 80 per cent of the highly processed food, drink and grocery products sector, has clearly signalled in its submission that it will retreat only so far.

"Producing foods that consumers don't buy will result in industry failure," its submission says.

AFGC director for health, nutrition and scientific affairs Geoffrey Annison said food such as Vegemite, which is high in salt, could be among the casualties if food content were regulated. "Vegemite without salt is not Vegemite," he said.

Sugar-rich preserves and jams, and even high-fat products such as soft cheeses and cooking oils, could be banned for health reasons, Dr Annison warned.

What the hell is this. No morbidly obese people got that way because they sat there and ate toast smeared with Vegemite, jam and soft cheese. And fuck off with regulating my food. Why should these butt heads have the right to dictate what we can and cannot buy because half the population are fat asses.

This is bullshit. If it happens. Which it very well may not do, but it's bullshit none the less.

 

[russs]

Agreed.

I have trouble packing on mass and the fact that everything is becoming fat-free already doesn't help. Looks like soon I'l be paying extra for full-fat butter.

Again, people blaming food is a joke. The problem is that people can't allocate 20 mins a day for a jog.

 

[katie tully]

i dont give two shits about whether they want to ban deep fried hamburgers or whatever - but back the fuck off from my blue cheese.

 

[hermand]

i dont give two shits about whether they want to ban deep fried hamburgers or whatever - but back the fuck off from my blue cheese.

and my vegemite.

 

[Rainie]

Agreed.

Why should we have to pay for other people's laziness if they don't want to exercise and end up being obese clad idiots. And I thought Vegemite was meant to be healthy.

What a joke.

 

[-may-cat-]

Agreed.

I have trouble packing on mass and the fact that everything is becoming fat-free already doesn't help. Looks like soon I'l be paying extra for full-fat butter.

Again, people blaming food is a joke. The problem is that people can't allocate 20 mins a day for a jog.

lol, the people are fat, who's fault is it? The food of course! Cuz it can't be their lack of self control, they have a 'glandular issues'...

 

[HalcyonSky]

no way this will happen

but then again i never thought an internet filter would even be seriously considered

wtb some common sense

 

[katie tully]

cheese is a civil liberty

 

[boris]

lol read the news guys, that ugly bitch (i forget her name, the ranga, deputy pm) (h thats right i just remembered her name, julia gillard) said that vegimite and shit are safe with her around

 

[Ivorytw]

Sorry.

 

[Trefoil]

Touch my vegemite and I will kill you.

 

[roar84eighty]

onoez not the vegemite

 

[housah0lic]

blue cheese could never be banned
i'm moving to france so i don't care anyway

mmm blue cheese dressing

 

[inasero]

I understand a tax on fatty foods, but so many foods have a high sodium content what are we going to do about them? It's going to be hard to argue banning foods such as Vegemite and cheese selectively. Plus hypertension is responsible for a heck of a lot less mortality than heart disease.