Interesting Links for 20-05-2013

[andrewducker]

• EU to ban olive oil jugs from restaurants
  (tags: europe oil )
• What's The #1 Killer Of Girls Aged 15-19 Worldwide?
  (tags: death pregnancy children )
• Scotland's immigration minister opposed to stupid London policies.
  (tags: scotland uk immigration )
• Choosing Minecraft Over Disney
  (tags: minecraft children disney )
• Best Voting Method _Ever_
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Comments

[abigail_n]

The olive oil article intersects with a recent local scandal in which it was revealed that several brands of supermarket olive oil had false labels reporting incorrect purity (in some cases, the oil was actually at a purity grade considered unfit for human consumption). Turns out that olive oil forgery is a multi-million dollar industry all over the Mediterranean, and one of the points made was that restaurants will claim to be using olive oil in dishes or at the table, but the oil is actually adulterated, or even regular oil with added flavoring (so the claim that customers will surely be able to tell if they're served substandard or fake oil leaves me pretty unsympathetic).

In other words, this seems to me like an attempt to address a real problem, but in such a sweeping, high-handed way that it will cause as many problems as it solves.

[andrewducker]

Aaah. Thank you!

Fake Oil

[lsanderson]

Fake oil, fake wine, these things have been going on since trading was invented.

[akicif]

All makes sense, now....