Emeritus Prof Christopher MayApr 5

In the run up to Easter Brexiter fury was aimed at the requirement for Marmalade to be renamed if we (re)align UK food labelling regulations with the EU; this would be for the addition of the word 'citrus' in a blow to UK sovereignty.

What, the hysteria ignored was that most brands already do this: 'Orange Marmalade' or 'Seville Orange Marmalade' & that is fine, as the EU allowed (and continues to allow) the word 'citrus' to be replaced by the actual fruit!

#brexit #politics
h/t Observer

Show threadToken Sane PersonApr 5
@ChrisMayLA6 Meanwhile, the German word for "jam" is "marmalade" (mar-ma-larder), which was banned as a product name in Germany because we had reserved it for the bitter orange stuff. Imagine the Brexiteer harumphing if the EU had stopped us from calling jam "jam"!
Show threadRay McCarthy

@tokensane @ChrisMayLA6
Also Marmalade is corrupted Portuguese (maybe via France) for a preserve made from Quince called marmelada.

Boris Johnson, while a journalist, started the tradition of twisting CM/EU statements and outright lying.

Also the rule was applying already as part of the NI agreement. Brexit was illegally instituted, voted against by Scotland & NI and incompatible with GFA.
It was to enable UK to continue money laundering via IoM, Ch Is. and BOT.

Apr 5 at 8:30amWeb