GOV. Approved Mayonnaise

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Small Business Hampton Creek Fights Back against FDA


Small business Hampton Creek has been battling the federal government in one form or another over the last year. I've written before about how the company was targeted by the government-backed egg cartel and Senator Mike Lee's (R-UT) efforts to get to the bottom of why the government was trying to drive a private company out of business.

Another battle facing Hampton Creek is with the Food and Drug Administration.

Hampton Creek makes a product called "Just Mayo," an egg-less mayonnaise replacement for vegans or people who don't want eggs but like mayonnaise. The FDA has informed the company their product can not be called "mayonnaise" because it does not meet the government's definition of a delicious sandwich condiment.

Once we were a great nation and now the government is defining the meaning of mayonnaise.

Hampton Creek has responded to the FDA by claiming their product is not called "mayonnaise" but rather "mayo."

"The term 'mayo' should not now be held to the regulatory standard for 'mayonnaise,'" wrote the company's lawyer, Josh Schiller, a partner at Boies, Schiller, and Flexner.

Are crap rules like this left over from the days of traveling salesmen selling 'Snake OIL'

 

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the article about the Egg Problems ....

Senator Mike Lee Fights Big Government Egg Cartel Campaign Against Small Businesses

Who is the American Egg Board (AEB) -- and did you even know we have a government-appointed board of big agra-business egg industry honchos?

The AEB explains on their website: "The American Egg Board connects America’s egg farmers with consumers, communicates the value of The incredible edible egg™ and receives funding from a national legislative checkoff on all egg production from companies with more than 75,000 hens in the continental United States. AEB's mission is to increase demand for eggs and egg products through research, education and promotion."

What interest does the government have regarding America's egg utilization such that the USDA is involved? The national egg checkoff program imposes a tax on egg producers to fund research and promotion of egg consumption. Federal guidelines prevent this money from being used for political purposes or influencing government policy or action. The USDA's Marketing Service (yes, the USDA has a marketing arm) conducts oversight of this program and also has guidelines that prevent funds from being used for the purpose of disparaging or depicting other products in a negative or unpleasant light.

really in this day and information age, we need a Board of busy bodies to tax egg producers to advertise their product and encourage its use

Apparently, the government-supported AEB has directed a campaign to reduce marketplace demand for the "Just Mayo" product. Let that sink in. The government may have helped run a campaign against the product of a small business in favor of big industrial corporate marketplace domination.

 

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Are crap rules like this left over from the days of traveling salesmen selling 'Snake OIL'

I wonder if Tommy Jo is aware of this.

 

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Hampton Creek makes a product called "Just Mayo," an egg-less mayonnaise replacement for vegans or people who don't want eggs but like mayonnaise.

How do they know to like Mayonaise if they didn't eat it because it had eggs in it.?