PORK CHOP: Val Temple from Sgt Bun Bakery holding a pig tart Picture: BRIAN JUNG /bj3011
A BAKER has been forced to rename her novelty pig tarts - because they don't contain any pork.
Val Temple, who runs Sgt Bun Bakery, Weymouth, says officers from Dorset's trading standards department also told her she must swap the name of robin tarts as they are not made from robins.
And she claims she was instructed to rename her paradise slice because ... it's not from paradise.
Mrs Temple has made the novelty cakes in the shape of pigs and robins as a treat for her customers for years.
She said: "It's a joke.
"The officers came in and said they had had a complaint and I must change the names because they didn't contain pork, robin or paradise.
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"It's an insult to the public. Of course they don't contain pig, robin or paradise.
"The trading standards officers have been coming into this shop for 26 years and now the name has been picked up.
"It's absolutely ridiculous. Are they going to start banning Christmas cake because it doesn't have Jesus in it?
"You could apply it to everything. It's so silly.
"And as for the paradise slice, that recipe is 120 years old and it's always been known as Paradise Slice.
"They said they were going to come back in and check, so I've changed the names now.
"But people are still coming in and calling them by their proper names."
Mrs Temple said she had swapped the name of her animal-inspired tarts to novelty tarts with jam and fondant and the paradise slice to almond, fruit and nut slice.
Ivan Hancock, the county's trading standards manager, said: "The fact is that piece of food needs to be properly described so that the consumer can tell what it is.
"There's nothing wrong with using other names but it must be accompanied by the true name of the food.
"Consumers have the right to know what is in food."
But Mrs Temple, who runs the bakers with her husband Ian, denied she was told this.
She said: "The way they came in and said the names had to be changed didn't give me the impression you could keep the names.
"I'm sure other places haven't been told they should list all the ingredients. It's ridiculous having a long list of ingredients - of course customers are not going to think I put robin and pork in a cake."
Posted by: Albo, Wyke Regis on 1:21pm Sat 28 Apr 07
So, when I went to Dorset Trading standards after getting royally ripped off by dodgy tradesmen, they said they were too busy to handle the case.
Now I can see why.
Three cheers for Dorset Trading Standards - cracking down on the real criminals!
Bitter? Me?
So, when I went to Dorset Trading standards after getting royally ripped off by dodgy tradesmen, they said they were too busy to handle the case.
Now I can see why.
Three cheers for Dorset Trading Standards - cracking down on the real criminals!
How can you not expect to have delicious robin's in a tart. We have blackbirds in a tart why not robins?
Toad's must be in toad in the hole, dammit!
I demmand my breakfast actually bubble when asked and squeak when prodded with my fork. Standards must be improved to serve and protect the English public. Who is here to protect us? Why Trading Standards officers of course!
Note the sarcasim, this is pathetic can we please elect people that will stop this nonsense?
Oh btw whatever happened that 2 million pounds the ocal council 'lost'?
How can you not expect to have delicious robin's in a tart. We have blackbirds in a tart why not robins?
Toad's must be in toad in the hole, dammit!
I demmand my breakfast actually bubble when asked and squeak when prodded with my fork. Standards must be improved to serve and protect the English public. Who is here to protect us? Why Trading Standards officers of course!
Note the sarcasim, this is pathetic can we please elect people that will stop this nonsense?
Oh btw whatever happened that 2 million pounds the ocal council 'lost'?
Posted by: Albo, Wyke Regis on 4:25pm Sat 28 Apr 07
You've also got to question the mentality of the [bold]one[/bold] person who complained. Were they born miserable?
Additional to Dorset Trading Standards: There is no reason why Sgt Bun can't sell Paradise Slices, because [bold]there is no such place[/bold] you bunch of awful cake-banning, non-cowboy-builder-chasing Jobsworths.
That's it. I'm so angry, I'm writing to Esther Rantsen.
You've also got to question the mentality of the one person who complained. Were they born miserable?
Additional to Dorset Trading Standards: There is no reason why Sgt Bun can't sell Paradise Slices, because there is no such place you bunch of awful cake-banning, non-cowboy-builder-chasing Jobsworths.
That's it. I'm so angry, I'm writing to Esther Rantsen.
[quote][bold]Albo[/bold] wrote:
You\'ve also got to question the mentality of the [bold]one[/bold] person who complained. Were they born miserable?
Additional to Dorset Trading Standards: There is no reason why Sgt Bun can\'t sell Paradise Slices, because [bold]there is no such place[/bold] you bunch of awful cake-banning, non-cowboy-builder-chasing Jobsworths.
That\'s it. I\'m so angry, I\'m writing to Esther Rantsen.[/quote] Albo, I do respect a good rant ! and as well spoken as yours is it is said with a hint of comedy, I think perhaps such matters should be treated more seriously, after all were does this kind of lunacy end?
How proud we should be to live in a country that was once the worlds greatest power and inventors....then to be reduced to this.
Jesus H himself "I'm a real Englishman, get me out of here"
Albo wrote:
You\'ve also got to question the mentality of the one person who complained. Were they born miserable?
Additional to Dorset Trading Standards: There is no reason why Sgt Bun can\'t sell Paradise Slices, because there is no such place you bunch of awful cake-banning, non-cowboy-builder-chasing Jobsworths.
That\'s it. I\'m so angry, I\'m writing to Esther Rantsen.
Albo, I do respect a good rant ! and as well spoken as yours is it is said with a hint of comedy, I think perhaps such matters should be treated more seriously, after all were does this kind of lunacy end?
How proud we should be to live in a country that was once the worlds greatest power and inventors....then to be reduced to this.
Jesus H himself "I'm a real Englishman, get me out of here"
Of course 'Lardy Cake' can legitimately be renamed 'Pig cake' since it (presumably) contains Lard (which is rendered from pig fat) this is going to get very confusing.
Does that mean all they 'Froggie in Canoe' cakes weren't real... Canoes? I just wish I'd been in the shp at the time.
Of course 'Lardy Cake' can legitimately be renamed 'Pig cake' since it (presumably) contains Lard (which is rendered from pig fat) this is going to get very confusing.
Does that mean all they 'Froggie in Canoe' cakes weren't real... Canoes? I just wish I'd been in the shp at the time.
According to section 4.2 of the Dorset County Council Trading Standards Service Food Service Plan 2006-7:
[quote]“This year the Service will focus on high risk inspection visits as a priority with some medium risk businesses being visited through targeted audits to address particular areas of non-compliance…It is estimated that for the delivery of this plan, resources will total 3.5fte and £17,500 for sampling and analysis”.[/quote]
Glad to see our council tax is being spent on urgent, earth-shattering issues such as 'pig cakes'...NOT!
According to section 4.2 of the Dorset County Council Trading Standards Service Food Service Plan 2006-7:
“This year the Service will focus on high risk inspection visits as a priority with some medium risk businesses being visited through targeted audits to address particular areas of non-compliance…It is estimated that for the delivery of this plan, resources will total 3.5fte and £17,500 for sampling and analysis”.
Glad to see our council tax is being spent on urgent, earth-shattering issues such as 'pig cakes'...NOT!
The saddest thing is that all you twits posting here do so....half hearted and with comedy. Shortly, like slaves you will vote for the same people as always.
You desrve everything you get !
The saddest thing is that all you twits posting here do so....half hearted and with comedy. Shortly, like slaves you will vote for the same people as always.
Posted by: william pulman, army foundation college harrogate pharmacy on 10:25pm Sat 28 Apr 07
what a load of b*ll*x! and as there is a meal containing them you can sell it! i've known val and ian (and samantha and justin) since 1988 and the whole of weymouth portland and most of dorset that has ever bought anything from these genius's of bakery and marketing know val would never put a robin or frog in a sweet meal cake. what tosh the fool that complained is talking, he she or maybe it should've packed off into the desert 1000years agao. the world began to go mad after 31st december 19999. the millenium has knackered many minds and ideas. well im outraged despite being up here at my military post in north yorkshire. trading standards should wake up and smell the pastry.
what a load of b*ll*x! and as there is a meal containing them you can sell it! i've known val and ian (and samantha and justin) since 1988 and the whole of weymouth portland and most of dorset that has ever bought anything from these genius's of bakery and marketing know val would never put a robin or frog in a sweet meal cake. what tosh the fool that complained is talking, he she or maybe it should've packed off into the desert 1000years agao. the world began to go mad after 31st december 19999. the millenium has knackered many minds and ideas. well im outraged despite being up here at my military post in north yorkshire. trading standards should wake up and smell the pastry.
Posted by: Catherine, POOLE on 10:32am Sun 29 Apr 07
That has to be the most ridiculous article that I have come across for a very long time.
So where does the shepherd come into Shepherds Pie and the Cottage come into Cottage Pie?
Surely trading standards have something more important to spend their time on, or are they yet another waste of money!!
What about Billy Bob meat that they sell to children on the deli at Morrisons?
Mrs Temple I think you should challenge this but I do hope that you gain lots of increased business from the press, thanks to trading standards.
That has to be the most ridiculous article that I have come across for a very long time.
So where does the shepherd come into Shepherds Pie and the Cottage come into Cottage Pie?
Surely trading standards have something more important to spend their time on, or are they yet another waste of money!!
What about Billy Bob meat that they sell to children on the deli at Morrisons?
Mrs Temple I think you should challenge this but I do hope that you gain lots of increased business from the press, thanks to trading standards.
Posted by: Albo, Wyke Regis on 11:28am Sun 29 Apr 07
Ian: In the 30s the Berlin Dada-ists protested against the rise of Hitler by laughing at the Nazis.
Seventy years later, we can do the same thing by laughing at the ridiculous officials that are running us into the ground.
I lost ten grand to a shonky builder, and know of others who were ripped off by the same guy. Sgt Bun were selling humourous cakes. Guess who Dorset Trading Standards were more interested in?
I think I've earned the right to take the mick.
Ian: In the 30s the Berlin Dada-ists protested against the rise of Hitler by laughing at the Nazis.
Seventy years later, we can do the same thing by laughing at the ridiculous officials that are running us into the ground.
I lost ten grand to a shonky builder, and know of others who were ripped off by the same guy. Sgt Bun were selling humourous cakes. Guess who Dorset Trading Standards were more interested in?
Nicely put Albo, never looked at it that way before, and yes under them circumstances you have earned the right to laugh...I'm just glad you still can after that.
Nicely put Albo, never looked at it that way before, and yes under them circumstances you have earned the right to laugh...I'm just glad you still can after that.
Some person somewhere decided to take this action. Who?
What are the officer's names? If they were doing their job properly they should not mind their friends and neighbours knowing who they are. They may even enjoy hogging the lime light.
It makes me pig sick. Stick the [italic]commonsense-challenged[/italic] bureaucrats behind this in a plastic bag, weight it down with pig iron and chuck it into the Bay of Pigs.
I notice that according to the Chinese zodiac, we are now in the year of the pig, hence I suspect this was probably due to anti-Chinese sentiments.
Some person somewhere decided to take this action. Who?
What are the officer's names? If they were doing their job properly they should not mind their friends and neighbours knowing who they are. They may even enjoy hogging the lime light.
It makes me pig sick. Stick the commonsense-challenged bureaucrats behind this in a plastic bag, weight it down with pig iron and chuck it into the Bay of Pigs.
I notice that according to the Chinese zodiac, we are now in the year of the pig, hence I suspect this was probably due to anti-Chinese sentiments.
Posted by: Richard Nunn, Texas,USA on 1:21pm Sun 29 Apr 07
What in the name of GOD is wrong with you people. You don't have to put up with this kind of trash from your government. They are not your Mother. VOTE THEM OUT!!
What in the name of GOD is wrong with you people. You don't have to put up with this kind of trash from your government. They are not your Mother. VOTE THEM OUT!!
Firstly, I am not a 'moron' that refers to a person who by, virtue of a genetic disorder, has a mental age of between 8 and 12 but who in fact is older. I am in fact in my late fourties. The use of the term moron is often considered offensive but I take no offense. The point is we 'twits' as you put, are simply making amusing observations over an issue about which we feel strongly, Albo has put it very succinctly (thanks Albo). Your reference to the ballot box is well meant (i.e. we put the same people back in power) however the way you have expressed it is negative, offensive and immature. In summary don't take life too seriously, you can't change the world overnight.
Firstly, I am not a 'moron' that refers to a person who by, virtue of a genetic disorder, has a mental age of between 8 and 12 but who in fact is older. I am in fact in my late fourties. The use of the term moron is often considered offensive but I take no offense. The point is we 'twits' as you put, are simply making amusing observations over an issue about which we feel strongly, Albo has put it very succinctly (thanks Albo). Your reference to the ballot box is well meant (i.e. we put the same people back in power) however the way you have expressed it is negative, offensive and immature. In summary don't take life too seriously, you can't change the world overnight.
[quote][bold]Richard Nunn[/bold] wrote:
What in the name of GOD is wrong with you people. You don\'t have to put up with this kind of trash from your government. They are not your Mother. VOTE THEM OUT!! [/quote] Vote them out and replace them with what mate? They are the same breed! Those who get in with best intentions usually get shoved out if they rock the boat too much.
Richard Nunn wrote:
What in the name of GOD is wrong with you people. You don\'t have to put up with this kind of trash from your government. They are not your Mother. VOTE THEM OUT!!
Vote them out and replace them with what mate? They are the same breed! Those who get in with best intentions usually get shoved out if they rock the boat too much.
Posted by: Keith Loyd, Dallas, Texas on 3:19pm Sun 29 Apr 07
"If ye love wealth better than liberty and the tranquility of servitude better than the animated contest of freedom, then crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains sit lightly on you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen...go from us in peace, we ask not your counsel or your arms."
-Samuel Adams, Revolutionary War, USA
"If ye love wealth better than liberty and the tranquility of servitude better than the animated contest of freedom, then crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains sit lightly on you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen...go from us in peace, we ask not your counsel or your arms."
-Samuel Adams, Revolutionary War, USA
Posted by: Peter Morton, Dubai on 3:22pm Sun 29 Apr 07
Well thelunatics are at last running the asylum. Where on earth do these rules and regulations come from and even worse where do they fine the morons that police them!!!.
Well thelunatics are at last running the asylum. Where on earth do these rules and regulations come from and even worse where do they fine the morons that police them!!!.
Posted by: Scott, Deltona, FL, USA on 3:23pm Sun 29 Apr 07
Did you ever think to just tell them "NO"? Remember, we still outnumber these clowns who can't do anything else but poke their noses into other peoples' business in the name of government.
Did you ever think to just tell them "NO"? Remember, we still outnumber these clowns who can't do anything else but poke their noses into other peoples' business in the name of government.
Lesson about the English culture (to our U.S cousins)
The English are, over the centuries brainwashed into doing what Authority tells them without argument or question, if one does either it is the duty of others to mock them loudly to make themselves look big or support them anonymously as long as there is no risk to themselves.
Who knows time may be changing though maybe the average Brit might start getting off his backside and saying NO MORE?
Lesson about the English culture (to our U.S cousins)
The English are, over the centuries brainwashed into doing what Authority tells them without argument or question, if one does either it is the duty of others to mock them loudly to make themselves look big or support them anonymously as long as there is no risk to themselves.
Who knows time may be changing though maybe the average Brit might start getting off his backside and saying NO MORE?
Posted by: pingu, Weymouth on 3:50pm Sun 29 Apr 07
Dorset Trading Standards clearly don't have enough work to keep themselves usefully occupied. It is clear who the first candidates must be when DCC next look for cuts.
Dorset Trading Standards clearly don't have enough work to keep themselves usefully occupied. It is clear who the first candidates must be when DCC next look for cuts.
[quote][bold]pingu[/bold] wrote:
Dorset Trading Standards clearly don't have enough work to keep themselves usefully occupied. It is clear who the first candidates must be when DCC next look for cuts. [/quote] Just see this on another forum,I think it speaks volumes about this country!!
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/281106nazichic.htm
pingu wrote:
Dorset Trading Standards clearly don't have enough work to keep themselves usefully occupied. It is clear who the first candidates must be when DCC next look for cuts.
Just see this on another forum,I think it speaks volumes about this country!!
[quote][bold]yoso[/bold] wrote:
The trading standards department needs to change it's name as well. Why? Because it doesn't TRADE.[/quote] That's my favourite yet !
yoso wrote:
The trading standards department needs to change it's name as well. Why? Because it doesn't TRADE.
Posted by: Pete, Dorchester on 6:03pm Sun 29 Apr 07
Does this mean that all the local Dorset bakerys have to prove that the apples in a Dorset Apple Cake were grafted, grown and harvested in Dorset, or have we now got to change a centuries old name and recipe
Does this mean that all the local Dorset bakerys have to prove that the apples in a Dorset Apple Cake were grafted, grown and harvested in Dorset, or have we now got to change a centuries old name and recipe
Posted by: swisstony, weymouth on 6:26pm Sun 29 Apr 07
I am afraid that all this demonstrates is the fact that there is a serious problem with our local trading standards. In this case they are manifestly acting against the public interest. Somebody is responsible and that person must be held to account. Only by taking a firm stand against this sort of nonsense will we start to eradicate it!
dorsetpoliticalcomment.blog.co.uk
I am afraid that all this demonstrates is the fact that there is a serious problem with our local trading standards. In this case they are manifestly acting against the public interest. Somebody is responsible and that person must be held to account. Only by taking a firm stand against this sort of nonsense will we start to eradicate it!
[quote][bold]Keith Loyd[/bold] wrote:
"If ye love wealth better than liberty and the tranquility of servitude better than the animated contest of freedom, then crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains sit lightly on you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen...go from us in peace, we ask not your counsel or your arms." -Samuel Adams, Revolutionary War, USA[/quote] Well said mate.
Mind you we might be called terrorists by your president.
Keith Loyd wrote:
"If ye love wealth better than liberty and the tranquility of servitude better than the animated contest of freedom, then crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains sit lightly on you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen...go from us in peace, we ask not your counsel or your arms." -Samuel Adams, Revolutionary War, USA
Well said mate.
Mind you we might be called terrorists by your president.
Posted by: chris, boston, ma, us on 7:49pm Sun 29 Apr 07
[quote][bold]Scolopax[/bold] wrote:
Ian, get a life, when you grow up you'll understand what it's all about.[/quote] i disagree.
what, then, is the proper age to understand the world?
Scolopax wrote:
Ian, get a life, when you grow up you'll understand what it's all about.
i disagree.
what, then, is the proper age to understand the world?
[quote][bold]Richard Nunn[/bold] wrote:
What in the name of GOD is wrong with you people. You don't have to put up with this kind of trash from your government. They are not your Mother. VOTE THEM OUT!! [/quote] I realise Richard that you are from Texas and so probably support George W. Bush. However like many of your fellow countrymen probably feel, many of us did not vote for the government we currently have. Without PR in this country, many millions of us will remain unrepresented in the political arena and as a result half wits and liars will remain in power.
[quote]Its obviously easier to pick on an old lady than to catch the shed loads of pirate DVD's sellers that are on every street corner and in every pub.[/quote]
And bboo- I know the family who run Sgt Bun's (they are very nice) and Mrs Temple is far from an old lady!
Richard Nunn wrote:
What in the name of GOD is wrong with you people. You don't have to put up with this kind of trash from your government. They are not your Mother. VOTE THEM OUT!!
I realise Richard that you are from Texas and so probably support George W. Bush. However like many of your fellow countrymen probably feel, many of us did not vote for the government we currently have. Without PR in this country, many millions of us will remain unrepresented in the political arena and as a result half wits and liars will remain in power.
Its obviously easier to pick on an old lady than to catch the shed loads of pirate DVD's sellers that are on every street corner and in every pub.
And bboo- I know the family who run Sgt Bun's (they are very nice) and Mrs Temple is far from an old lady!
Posted by: Catherine, Poole on 9:15pm Sun 29 Apr 07
Having visited a pub on the harbourside this evening, I was extremely disappointed with my two cocktails, Screaming Org*sm and S*x on the Beach, I don't recal an org*sm and I remain a virgin!
I will be contacting trading standards first thing tomorrow morning to ensure that they investigate this and I'll be demanding my money back!
I'm so disappointed I need a sugar fix, someone send me a Pig Tart!
Having visited a pub on the harbourside this evening, I was extremely disappointed with my two cocktails, Screaming Org*sm and S*x on the Beach, I don't recal an org*sm and I remain a virgin!
I will be contacting trading standards first thing tomorrow morning to ensure that they investigate this and I'll be demanding my money back!
I'm so disappointed I need a sugar fix, someone send me a Pig Tart!
Catherine,
If you can assure me that you don't display the effects of two many sugar fixes, I'b be only too pleased to serve you a stronger version of the two cocktails that have left you so badly disappointed. In fact, I'll keep serving for as long as it takes to leave you well and truly satisfied!
Catherine,
If you can assure me that you don't display the effects of two many sugar fixes, I'b be only too pleased to serve you a stronger version of the two cocktails that have left you so badly disappointed. In fact, I'll keep serving for as long as it takes to leave you well and truly satisfied!
Just sent to my councillors, CC Trading Standards Dept.
Dear Councillor,
Can you please advise me of the qualifications required for the position of Trading Standards Officer, and why common sense is not one of them?
I believe the following link will explain all. <http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/display.var.1362517.0.0.php#comments>
Whilst I await your response, I shall continue to nibble my Gypsy Tart.
Just sent to my councillors, CC Trading Standards Dept.
Dear Councillor,
Can you please advise me of the qualifications required for the position of Trading Standards Officer, and why common sense is not one of them?
I believe the following link will explain all. <http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/display.var.1362517.0.0.php#comments>
Whilst I await your response, I shall continue to nibble my Gypsy Tart.
[quote][bold]Mike[/bold] wrote:
Just sent to my councillors, CC Trading Standards Dept.
Dear Councillor,
Can you please advise me of the qualifications required for the position of Trading Standards Officer, and why common sense is not one of them?
I believe the following link will explain all. <http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/display.var.1362517.0.0.php#comments>
Whilst I await your response, I shall continue to nibble my Gypsy Tart.
[/quote] You may do better to actually ask (or perhaps the echo should have?) why other products in supermarkets with similar names are not acted upon?
Mike wrote:
Just sent to my councillors, CC Trading Standards Dept.
Dear Councillor,
Can you please advise me of the qualifications required for the position of Trading Standards Officer, and why common sense is not one of them?
I believe the following link will explain all. <http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/display.var.1362517.0.0.php#comments>
Whilst I await your response, I shall continue to nibble my Gypsy Tart.
You may do better to actually ask (or perhaps the echo should have?) why other products in supermarkets with similar names are not acted upon?
Posted by: Steve Turpin, Derbyshire via Hampshire on 11:28pm Sun 29 Apr 07
We pay the wages of these people. We should be picketing the town halls demanding these idiots are sacked as they have no common sense. We are sleepwalking into a Kafkaesque nightmare and it has to be stopped.
We pay the wages of these people. We should be picketing the town halls demanding these idiots are sacked as they have no common sense. We are sleepwalking into a Kafkaesque nightmare and it has to be stopped.
Posted by: Kathryn, Beverly Hills, CA, USA on 4:04am Mon 30 Apr 07
Sh!t on Shingles, Girl Scout cookies, Baked Alaska, fettucini Alfredo, Caesar Salad, Asian anything, sponge cake, French Fries, Rocky Road (candy or ice cream), Quiche Lorraine - come on, Folks! I'd make a complaint if these names were [italic][bold]accurate[/bold][/italic] , not vice-versa! Unless, of course, we're talking about a Sloe Screw Against the Wall. For that, I would make an exception. :)
Sh!t on Shingles, Girl Scout cookies, Baked Alaska, fettucini Alfredo, Caesar Salad, Asian anything, sponge cake, French Fries, Rocky Road (candy or ice cream), Quiche Lorraine - come on, Folks! I'd make a complaint if these names were accurate , not vice-versa! Unless, of course, we're talking about a Sloe Screw Against the Wall. For that, I would make an exception. :)
Mmmmm-- nibling Gypsy tarts.. oh.. Ahem. Throwing the fools out of office seems to be a bit complicated in your area, but can't you get yourself going to run for the appropriate positions yourself? This sort of horse pucky only gets worse if you don't scoop it up and dispose of properly.
Mmmmm-- nibling Gypsy tarts.. oh.. Ahem. Throwing the fools out of office seems to be a bit complicated in your area, but can't you get yourself going to run for the appropriate positions yourself? This sort of horse pucky only gets worse if you don't scoop it up and dispose of properly.
Posted by: Lani, Qld, Australia on 7:55am Mon 30 Apr 07
so do girl guide biscuits contain real girl guides??
and would we have to change the name of every KFC franchise in Australia that advertises their chicken as being Australian owned? and should we close down every Red Rooster franchise who uses chicken in their meals instead of Rooster meat?
and what would my mother change the name of her tuna surprise to? ("surprise! there's no tuna!")
and my god the cocktail names (hehe, won't be able to call them cocktails anymore[bold];)[/bold]) slippery nipple, screaming ****, scotch on the rocks, white russian? and coffee! I'd like a flat white/short black/babycino.
HAVOC I TELL YOU!
so do girl guide biscuits contain real girl guides??
and would we have to change the name of every KFC franchise in Australia that advertises their chicken as being Australian owned? and should we close down every Red Rooster franchise who uses chicken in their meals instead of Rooster meat?
and what would my mother change the name of her tuna surprise to? ("surprise! there's no tuna!")
and my god the cocktail names (hehe, won't be able to call them cocktails anymore;)) slippery nipple, screaming ****, scotch on the rocks, white russian? and coffee! I'd like a flat white/short black/babycino.
HAVOC I TELL YOU!
[quote][bold]Steve Turpin[/bold] wrote:
We pay the wages of these people. We should be picketing the town halls demanding these idiots are sacked as they have no common sense. We are sleepwalking into a Kafkaesque nightmare and it has to be stopped.[/quote] Our famous Dorset Nobs don't contain an Trading Standards officers. Ban them quick!
Steve Turpin wrote:
We pay the wages of these people. We should be picketing the town halls demanding these idiots are sacked as they have no common sense. We are sleepwalking into a Kafkaesque nightmare and it has to be stopped.
Our famous Dorset Nobs don't contain an Trading Standards officers. Ban them quick!
Posted by: Grumpy, weymouth on 12:28pm Mon 30 Apr 07
The trading standards joker should be sacked.The list of oddly name food and drink is endless.(I was dissapointed with my Manchester Tart) Unfortunatly however we vote on Thursday I suspect this idiot will keep his job.As I pay a percentage of his wages.I think this has to be one of the most blatant wastes of money I have ever seen.No wonder this bourough cannot afford to give the local population decent services.
The trading standards joker should be sacked.The list of oddly name food and drink is endless.(I was dissapointed with my Manchester Tart) Unfortunatly however we vote on Thursday I suspect this idiot will keep his job.As I pay a percentage of his wages.I think this has to be one of the most blatant wastes of money I have ever seen.No wonder this bourough cannot afford to give the local population decent services.
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads?
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads?
Posted by: Jay Morgan, Atlanta, GA on 2:10pm Mon 30 Apr 07
Hmmm... Looking at their website (http://sgtbun.com/new1/Afewofourcakes.htm) they may have to rename their clown cake too. That is unless there really IS clown in that cake!
Hmmm... Looking at their website (http://sgtbun.com/new1/Afewofourcakes.htm) they may have to rename their clown cake too. That is unless there really IS clown in that cake!
[quote]Posted by: glyn rees, oxford on Today
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads?
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads?[/quote]
The contact details are on the dorsetforyou.com website. However I notice the consumer advice web link does not work - probably been overwhelmed by the response to the news!
Posted by: glyn rees, oxford on Today
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads?
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads?
The contact details are on the dorsetforyou.com website. However I notice the consumer advice web link does not work - probably been overwhelmed by the response to the news!
Will Ivan Hancock be receiving entry into the Order of the Garter for this quick action that has saved many Britons from this shame of porkless pig tarts and robinless robin tarts? Has the Queen been made aware of Mr. Hancock's loyal service to her Majesty? Maybe he'll receive a knightship. If he does I hope they server pork tarts. Oh I mean novelty tarts with jam and fondant.
Will Ivan Hancock be receiving entry into the Order of the Garter for this quick action that has saved many Britons from this shame of porkless pig tarts and robinless robin tarts? Has the Queen been made aware of Mr. Hancock's loyal service to her Majesty? Maybe he'll receive a knightship. If he does I hope they server pork tarts. Oh I mean novelty tarts with jam and fondant.
On a more serious note, had this been my bakery business I would have told these 'officers' to get lost and, if necessary, have called the police to have them removed from my shop. I would have absolutely refused to rename these novelty cakes and challenged the local council to take me to court if necessary. I cannot find one shred of litigation to back up these demands - foodstuffs all over the world are often given ridiculous names. Civil servants are precisely that and must be constantly reminded of this. NEVER give up when you know your're in the right!
Paul.
On a more serious note, had this been my bakery business I would have told these 'officers' to get lost and, if necessary, have called the police to have them removed from my shop. I would have absolutely refused to rename these novelty cakes and challenged the local council to take me to court if necessary. I cannot find one shred of litigation to back up these demands - foodstuffs all over the world are often given ridiculous names. Civil servants are precisely that and must be constantly reminded of this. NEVER give up when you know your're in the right!
[quote][bold]Paul[/bold] wrote:
On a more serious note, had this been my bakery business I would have told these 'officers' to get lost and, if necessary, have called the police to have them removed from my shop. I would have absolutely refused to rename these novelty cakes and challenged the local council to take me to court if necessary. I cannot find one shred of litigation to back up these demands - foodstuffs all over the world are often given ridiculous names. Civil servants are precisely that and must be constantly reminded of this. NEVER give up when you know your're in the right! Paul. [/quote] Mostly they are neither civil nor do they act as servants. They should be renamed.
The Trading Standards Office should carry a written warningon their logo: [bold]"may contain nuts[/bold] " and [bold]"civil Servants can seriously damage your wealth"[/bold] .
Paul wrote:
On a more serious note, had this been my bakery business I would have told these 'officers' to get lost and, if necessary, have called the police to have them removed from my shop. I would have absolutely refused to rename these novelty cakes and challenged the local council to take me to court if necessary. I cannot find one shred of litigation to back up these demands - foodstuffs all over the world are often given ridiculous names. Civil servants are precisely that and must be constantly reminded of this. NEVER give up when you know your're in the right! Paul.
Mostly they are neither civil nor do they act as servants. They should be renamed.
The Trading Standards Office should carry a written warningon their logo: "may contain nuts " and "civil Servants can seriously damage your wealth" .
[quote][bold]glyn rees[/bold] wrote:
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads? [/quote] The land address is
Trading Standards
County Hall,
Colliton Park, Dorchester
DT1 1XJ
Tels. +44 (0)1305 224702
(business advice)
+44 (0)1202 224012 (consumer protection)
glyn rees wrote:
Please can you let the world know where we can contact the trading standards office in Dorset so that we can make our feelings known.How would they cope with baby's heads?
The land address is
Trading Standards
County Hall,
Colliton Park, Dorchester
DT1 1XJ
Posted by: Vote For Smaller Govt on 3:51pm Mon 30 Apr 07
Maybe the pig was offending some Muslims that were coming into their shop. We wouldn't want to offend anyone, now would we? Oh the thought of some nice juicy pork chops on the grill with some barbaque sauce... yummy!!!
Maybe the pig was offending some Muslims that were coming into their shop. We wouldn't want to offend anyone, now would we? Oh the thought of some nice juicy pork chops on the grill with some barbaque sauce... yummy!!!
It's just going overboard, isn't it? Common sense has totally left these islands and been replaced with a nursery-school playground mentality! Which is perfectly fine and to be expected in a nursery-school playground, but in so-called GROWN-UPS?!!
I'd think I'd be dreadfully disappointed if Singin' Hinnies (from the north-east) didn't give me a sudden burst of La Taviata or Aida before I ate them! Would I get my money back if they didn't?
It's just going overboard, isn't it? Common sense has totally left these islands and been replaced with a nursery-school playground mentality! Which is perfectly fine and to be expected in a nursery-school playground, but in so-called GROWN-UPS?!!
I'd think I'd be dreadfully disappointed if Singin' Hinnies (from the north-east) didn't give me a sudden burst of La Taviata or Aida before I ate them! Would I get my money back if they didn't?
Posted by: Tim Pascoe, Southampton on 4:51pm Mon 30 Apr 07
Don't give in. Play them at their own game. Just insert NOT before all your novelty cakes e.g. NOT Pig Tart..you keep the name and Dorset Trading Standards can stuff it!!!
Don't give in. Play them at their own game. Just insert NOT before all your novelty cakes e.g. NOT Pig Tart..you keep the name and Dorset Trading Standards can stuff it!!!
It's easy: just name them "NOT Pig Tarts" and "NOT Paradise Slice" as in "Yes, I'll have two [bold]NOT[/bold] Pig Tarts and 1 [bold]NOT[/bold] Paradise Slice please."
Satisfies the idiots in the bureaucracy and let's customers and the owners laugh at them at the same time.
It's easy: just name them "NOT Pig Tarts" and "NOT Paradise Slice" as in "Yes, I'll have two NOT Pig Tarts and 1 NOT Paradise Slice please."
Satisfies the idiots in the bureaucracy and let's customers and the owners laugh at them at the same time.
This is some of the best humour I have seen on here in ages !!
NICE ONE !
...will all motor retailers have to put things on cars?...may contain traces of BMW on Mini's :-)
This is some of the best humour I have seen on here in ages !!
NICE ONE !
...will all motor retailers have to put things on cars?...may contain traces of BMW on Mini's :-)
Dorset Trading Standards were quite right to require the names to be changed. I have compained to them about another misleading name ......................... gingerbread men.
Dorset Trading Standards were quite right to require the names to be changed. I have compained to them about another misleading name ......................... gingerbread men.
Posted by: David Brown, Southern France on 7:31pm Mon 30 Apr 07
I assume from the article that they will now prosecute Tesco for selling Coca Cola without coca leaves (or without a doctor's prescription) and the other place for selling Mince Pies without mince. If they don't then there should be an enquiry to establish if or not they are being even-handed.
This is the sort of thing which sends 1000 people a day abroad to find sanity.
I assume from the article that they will now prosecute Tesco for selling Coca Cola without coca leaves (or without a doctor's prescription) and the other place for selling Mince Pies without mince. If they don't then there should be an enquiry to establish if or not they are being even-handed.
This is the sort of thing which sends 1000 people a day abroad to find sanity.
Posted by: grandadwoof, Stubbington on 8:51pm Mon 30 Apr 07
What a crop of plonkers you lovely Dorset folk have in your local TS office...
Has it occured to anyone to ask if the complainant might be in the bakery business?
Just a thought... x
What a crop of plonkers you lovely Dorset folk have in your local TS office...
Has it occured to anyone to ask if the complainant might be in the bakery business?
Just a thought... x
Truly the acerbic P.J. O'Rourke was correct when he called legislators "national busybodies" and government a "Parliament of Whores," regardless of its location.
Truly the acerbic P.J. O'Rourke was correct when he called legislators "national busybodies" and government a "Parliament of Whores," regardless of its location.
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id urge people to emails this to all they know. the more support the better!
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id urge people to emails this to all they know. the more support the better!
i really hope this makes have i got news for you :)
Where are John Cleese and the gang when you need someone to send this up in the manner it so richly deserves? Good luck with the petition and I hope the bakery gets more business than it can handle. If I were on the right side of the Atlantic I would go out of my way to give them my business. The "Idiocracy" is alive and well - we don't have to wait 500 years for it to arrive.
Where are John Cleese and the gang when you need someone to send this up in the manner it so richly deserves? Good luck with the petition and I hope the bakery gets more business than it can handle. If I were on the right side of the Atlantic I would go out of my way to give them my business. The "Idiocracy" is alive and well - we don't have to wait 500 years for it to arrive.
Posted by: Ian, Haslemere on 10:58pm Mon 30 Apr 07
Just another acutely depressing example of the stupid bureaucracy that has blossomed with the one million additional civil servants employed by Mr Blair's fascile government, at our expense, since 1997. Just tell them to shove off and wait for them to take you to court. They won't, of course, because it would be laughed out!
Just another acutely depressing example of the stupid bureaucracy that has blossomed with the one million additional civil servants employed by Mr Blair's fascile government, at our expense, since 1997. Just tell them to shove off and wait for them to take you to court. They won't, of course, because it would be laughed out!
Frankly, this is nonsense. Only pre-packaged food requires ingredient labelling. There is no legal requirement for bakers to list the ingredients of fresh produce sold in their shops. End of story. Sorry folks!
Frankly, this is nonsense. Only pre-packaged food requires ingredient labelling. There is no legal requirement for bakers to list the ingredients of fresh produce sold in their shops. End of story. Sorry folks!
I think Trading Standards have a point. Misrepresentation can be very worrying.
I was once asked if I fancied a brownie. I denied it and told him I gave them up as soon as I was 12. But he had me worried.
Personally I feel sorry for those poor little porcine foetuses poking there noses through all that brown gravy.
I think Trading Standards have a point. Misrepresentation can be very worrying.
I was once asked if I fancied a brownie. I denied it and told him I gave them up as soon as I was 12. But he had me worried.
Personally I feel sorry for those poor little porcine foetuses poking there noses through all that brown gravy.
Posted by: Iona, Adelaide on 11:42pm Mon 30 Apr 07
One lunchtime, my maths professor asked me if I could do a perfect pi floater with chips. I said I thought it was irrational and no amount of chips could alter that, but for a while he had me going round in circles.
One lunchtime, my maths professor asked me if I could do a perfect pi floater with chips. I said I thought it was irrational and no amount of chips could alter that, but for a while he had me going round in circles.
Posted by: Louis, Florida, USA on 2:24am Tue 1 May 07
[quote][bold]Blaine[/bold] wrote:
This is what supporting a liberal-nanny state gets you. It will only get worse and more invasive.[/quote] It has happened in the US too. Check a jar of peanut butter. [bold]May contain nuts.[/bold]
It's what we get for electing POLITICIANS.
Blaine wrote:
This is what supporting a liberal-nanny state gets you. It will only get worse and more invasive.
It has happened in the US too. Check a jar of peanut butter. May contain nuts.
It's what we get for electing POLITICIANS.
Posted by: Dutch, Maryland, USA on 4:11am Tue 1 May 07
"This is the sort of thing which sends 1000 people a day abroad to find sanity," David B wrote. I hope they don't come over here for their sanity, as there's just as much lunacy within our governmental bodies as within yours. We just need to keep laughing them out of their phony jobs.
"This is the sort of thing which sends 1000 people a day abroad to find sanity," David B wrote. I hope they don't come over here for their sanity, as there's just as much lunacy within our governmental bodies as within yours. We just need to keep laughing them out of their phony jobs.
Posted by: ednausean, Connectcut U S A on 8:37am Tue 1 May 07
Our Quarter pounder doesn't contain any quarters, nor do our pot stickers contain cannabis.Most of our hotdogs do nothave tails and bad breath. Our hush puppies have bark. Your bangers are the wurst.I must confess tho, we DO have sticky buns
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
Our Quarter pounder doesn't contain any quarters, nor do our pot stickers contain cannabis.Most of our hotdogs do nothave tails and bad breath. Our hush puppies have bark. Your bangers are the wurst.I must confess tho, we DO have sticky buns
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
Posted by: Ednausean, Connecticut USA on 9:15am Tue 1 May 07
Most or our Chickens do not have nuggets. How could those big globes of moth deterrent be moth balls? Scooter pies devoid of wheels? Duck tape? Pu pu platter I think not [ Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder]
Most or our Chickens do not have nuggets. How could those big globes of moth deterrent be moth balls? Scooter pies devoid of wheels? Duck tape? Pu pu platter I think not
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