On 2015-08-25 22:59, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/25/2015 9:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-08-25 20:56, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds like the rules are to keep out the competition. Second the
>>> Simply Heinz. Has a fresher taste than the regular stuff. Hunts 100%
>>> Natural is good too.
>>
>>
>> There was nothing in there about keeping our the competition. They can
>> still sell their product, they just can't use call it tomato ketchup on
>> the Hebrew label. They can use it on the English labels. They point is
>> that they there is so little tomato in it that it does not qualify as
>> tomato ketchup.
>>
>> Good for them. I had already given up on Heinz tomato ketchup because it
>> didn't have much of a tomato taste anymore.
>
> You don't think is will affect sales? They are entitled to make
> whatever definition and rules they want, but I'd like to know more about
> the reason. Lobbyist often get partisan specifications into laws. I
> don't know if that is the case here.


I don't think there is any reason to suspect that it had anything to do
with anything other than their food quality standards. No one is telling
then that they can't sell it. They are just saying that if they want to
sell it as tomato ketchup with a Hebrew label it has to be at least 10%
tomato solids. The imported wants to change the definition and drop the
tomato solids level to 6%.

Basically, the Heinz product is has a little more than half the tomato
content that Israeli standards require to call it ketchup. Having been
very disappointed with the diminishing quality of ketchup over the
years, I applaud them.