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Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other... by afandian on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:39PM (#30106270)
Careful of trivializing easy-sounding solutions. "Of course it's a good idea to monitor the quality of oil". Now it's regulated in the European Union, it's illegal to sell olive oil in an open container, such as in a restauraunt or refill shop.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/05/24/what-the...

I'd rather people took time and thought of the unintended consequences (or more likely, consequences intended by masquarading vested interests)

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Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other... by soco on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:34AM (#30112149)
This article shows that a legislative body can regulate things for its citizens, and by retracting the law a week later, that a legislative body can learn about its mistakes.
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Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other... by afandian on Friday January 28, 2022 @07:05AM (#30113611)
Per my other comment, my fault for not double checking. But it's still illegal to sell refills.
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Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other... by dec0dedab0de on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:44PM (#30106353)
Right, but instead of defining what can be called avocado oil, they could just require a list of ingredients, maybe even percentages.
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Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other... by dragonwriter on Thursday January 27, 2022 @04:29PM (#30107000)
> Right, but instead of defining what can be called avocado oil, they could just require a list of ingredients

FDA labeling requirements already do that.

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Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other... by krsdcbl on Thursday January 27, 2022 @07:41PM (#30109243)
The article you linked explains in the first paragraph that they withdrew that law immediately
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Re:Study finds 82% of avocado oil rancid or mixed with other... by afandian on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:54AM (#30113528)
My fault for posting in haste and not dobule checking. The bit about restauraunts was retracted. But not, as far as I know, the law against selling refills still stands.

My attention was drawn to this law by a refill shop which as far as I (and they!) know, are not still not allowed to refill a container. Here's a UK legal guidance page:

e.g. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/olive-oil-regulations-and-inspec...

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