Dear rehctub,

No matter how many times a lie is repeated it remains a lie. It was swimming club advertising. It was not a swimming club fund raiser.

If you equate objection to false labelling with denigration of Australia why don't you leave to a dictatorship where objection to anything is not allowed. Goodbye. Good riddance.

rehctub that's a bit nasty!

If you don't mind I would rather David and others stayed and as a society we went back to being Aussies with attributes likes integrity, honesty and generosity. Aussies were always known for being straight forward - no amount of dollars can buy a good character and reputation. This whole economic and social drive to grab whatever no matter who or what is exploited is making me barf.

Honesty in labelling! I'm all for it.

Thanks Pynchme.

It's sad that some people feel local businesses being held to standards of integrity (domestically) is a 'threat' to our country- ignoring that domestic farmers would be better off from it because domestic labels would becomes the most honest and gain an advantage over imported- not to mention they'd get a LOT more business as more people would actually be buying their genuine ingredients.
Even importing goods would make us higher on the radar for international trade companies- which I assumed was a good thing.

Besides, if the only authentic maple syrup comes from Thailand- I'll be more than happy to help their legitamate business and contribute my Baht.

The only people currently benefiting are the less honest sellers (and David's Swim club).

King Hazza
I am assuming you were referring to me in your last post.

Please get one thing very clear. I do not support dodgy labelling, I do however doubt the truth in a label where the manufacturer, say china, India or Taiwan, has paid their employees little more than a dollar a day.

David mentioned maple syrup came from Thailand, have you been to Thailand and seen there level of preparation standards and monitoring procedures?

This whole thread is out of control because you lot think I support dodgy labelling and I don't.

My whole angle has been that it was a fundraiser. Now, at the 11th hour, we are told it is not.

If it is not for a fund raising event and the seller is a genuine business, out to make a profit, then I agree that the correct labelling laws should apply, although, I still think this may be bordering on the extreme, to the extent that I doubt whether the authorities would have a problem with it, however, I could be wrong.

Now I hope this makes my possition clear on labelling.

Dear rehctub,

You wrote: David mentioned maple syrup came from Thailand, have you been to Thailand and seen there level of preparation standards and monitoring procedures?

I mentioned no such thing. The first mention of Thailand came from your post of Wednesday, 28 October 2009 8:00:43 PM. King Hazza also mentioned Thailand. I never did.

You also wrote: My whole angle has been that it was a fundraiser. Now, at the 11th hour, we are told it is not.

You called it a fund raiser and insisted that it was. You kept repeating the lie. However, it was a complete red herring as it is not ok to lie in the cause of fundraising.

You also wrote: If it is not for a fund raising event and the seller is a genuine business, out to make a profit, then I agree that the correct labelling laws should apply, although, I still think this may be bordering on the extreme, to the extent that I doubt whether the authorities would have a problem with it, however, I could be wrong.

You seem to have an obsession with fund raising. I don't understand why it is ok to lie about a product if it is for fund raising.

Why does there have to be a law? Can't one simply be honest? One thing you wrote that I agree with. You mentioned compliance costs. They would be tremendous if every sign, menu and advertisement were monitored for truth. What is needed is for people to feel that it is wrong to call a product by other than what it is.

Children can be taught that it is dishonest to lie about a product, and people can complain to the seller and refuse to buy if items are labeled wrongly.

Agree David- but sadly I don't think morals will be enough to stop dodgy practices, and I believe that accurate labelling and clear mention of ratio of ingredients, trans-fats and the such SHOULD be mandatory- considering we already have general content and nutrition ratings already in practice.