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John J wrote:

>> Every country ha one, take Europe for example: in Italy and a couple
>> of other nations there were laws imposing certain standards for
>> chocolate and a pecial labeling for premium quality ones. Now the EU
>> has made illegal that special labeling, so that industrial plonk can
>> wear the same labeling of the best products. Screw'em


> I think people who appreciate (and can afford) quality will know what
> to buy.


That's for sure, but the vast majority of people will be buying plonk
without any help from the labels, and that's where the big bucks come from.
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