From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 05:52:45 MDT
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Adrian Tymes wrote:
>--- Alfio Puglisi <puglisi@arcetri.astro.it> wrote:
>> This would solve the problem, but from the wrong
>> angle. Why should we set
>> up a lab and analyze each and every different brand,
>> when this is basic
>> information that should be released from the start?
>> It's a zero cost for
>> the producer, that already knows those values.
>
>Devil's Avocate: if no one's verifying the producer's
>information, the producer can lie freely. You may
>have heard of Underwriters' Laboratory, a rather large
>business that sustains itself mainly by independently
>testing (verifying or falsifying) manufacturers'
>claims. Granted, one could take advantage of present
>norms in an industry to severely reduce the chances
>that a giver producer would lie, but that's not
>necessarily as reliable over the long term.
That's a possibility. But a producer caught doing so would find itself
into a nasty situation. Food fraud (I don't know the correct English term)
is taken seriously here.
Ciao,
Alfio
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