Feds announce they will stop regulating the number of cherries in cherry pies

https://fee.org/articles/feds-announce-they-will-stop-regulating-the-number-of-cherries-in-cherry-pies/

by wallace_f • 7 years ago

6 9 7 years ago

Quoting from the article:

"...the agency is re-examining current regulations dictating that frozen cherry pies are required to be at least 25 percent cherries by weight..."

The tone of the article seems to suggest that we should sympathetic to this deregulation but, if so, it's backfired since the implications are that cherry pies will be allowed to be arbitrarily less than 25% cherries by weight, presumably to save on costs. That doesn't seem like a good thing at all.

Fjolsvith4• 7 years ago

The pies that don't end up tasting good will all go away.

ksaj3• 7 years ago

Mmm just like grandma used to make... when she was a chemist.

You just know this announcement has something to do with an artificial flavour producer's lobbying efforts.

Doxin• 7 years ago

They very well will not. I can currently go to any supermarket and pick up a whole range of horrible (but cheap) products. The free market isn't magic.

Feds announce they will stop regulating the number of cherries in cherry pies

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