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Bastard Swiss! Mar 5, 2023 22:32:31 GMT

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Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 5, 2023 22:32:31 GMT

Toblerone is to remove the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging when some of the chocolate's production is moved from Switzerland to Slovakia.

The pyramid-shaped bar, which mirrors the Alpine peak, will undergo a labelling revamp and include its founder's signature, its maker said. US firm Mondelez said the image of the 4,478m (14,692 ft) mountain will be replaced by a more generic summit.

Strict rules have applied about "Swissness" since 2017. They state that national symbols are not allowed to be used to promote milk-based products that are not made exclusively in Switzerland. For other raw foodstuffs the threshold is at least 80%.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64854720

And yet...

‘Gruyere’ can be used to describe US cheeses, court rules

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/04/gruyere-describe-us-cheeses-court-rules

I demand Liverpool's finest Champagne!

It's insanity gone mad!

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Bastard Swiss! Mar 6, 2023 3:27:36 GMT

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Post by Prince Myshkin on Mar 6, 2023 3:27:36 GMT

The difference is that Toblerone is a brand name. Gruyere is a specific product which can be made anywhere. If the brand isn't made in Switzerland, it's not Swiss! That makes perfect sense. No ones trying to pretend that American Gruyere is made in Switzerland.

That reminds me, I love Gruyere cheese. I just discovered it recently and it's the best!

You gotta make way for the Homo Superior

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Bastard Swiss! Mar 6, 2023 7:42:51 GMT yggdrasil likes this

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Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 6, 2023 7:42:51 GMT

Mar 6, 2023 3:27:36 GMT Prince Myshkin said:

Gruyere is a specific product which can be made anywhere.

That's the difference of opinion - US law allows US companies to steal brand value that others have created. EU law doesn't.

It's insanity gone mad!

yggdrasil Miss Moneypenny Posts: 26,963	Bastard Swiss! Mar 6, 2023 9:47:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by yggdrasil on Mar 6, 2023 9:47:26 GMT That's why historically there's been a lot of patent theft by American companies too.

PaulsLaugh M Posts: 43,945 Member is Online	Bastard Swiss! Mar 11, 2023 9:20:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PaulsLaugh on Mar 11, 2023 9:20:15 GMT Give me a break Give me a break Give me a break off that fat Swiss bar.
	We live, so we are told, in a post-ideological society. We are addressed by social authority not as subjects who should do their duty, but subjects of pleasures: ‘Realize your true potential,’ ‘Be yourself,’ ‘Lead a satisfying life.’ When you put the glasses on, you see dictatorship in democracy.

PaulsLaugh M Posts: 43,945 Member is Online	Bastard Swiss! Mar 11, 2023 9:20:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PaulsLaugh on Mar 11, 2023 9:20:54 GMT Mar 6, 2023 9:47:26 GMT yggdrasil said: That's why historically there's been a lot of patent theft by American companies too.
	We live, so we are told, in a post-ideological society. We are addressed by social authority not as subjects who should do their duty, but subjects of pleasures: ‘Realize your true potential,’ ‘Be yourself,’ ‘Lead a satisfying life.’ When you put the glasses on, you see dictatorship in democracy.

Bastard Swiss!

Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 5, 2023 22:32:31 GMT

Post by Prince Myshkin on Mar 6, 2023 3:27:36 GMT

Post by Flying Monkeys on Mar 6, 2023 7:42:51 GMT

Post by yggdrasil on Mar 6, 2023 9:47:26 GMT

Post by PaulsLaugh on Mar 11, 2023 9:20:15 GMT

Post by PaulsLaugh on Mar 11, 2023 9:20:54 GMT