Post by The Collector on Apr 30, 2007 12:01:35 GMT
[glow=red,2,300]Read this in the paper this morning, it amused me and this area of PC's been quiet, so here it is...[/glow]
A baker has been forced to rename her novelty Pig Tarts - because they don't contain pork.
Val Temple has also been told her popular Paradise Slice has to be reclassified as it does not come from paradise.
And her Robin Tarts have been given the thumbs down by Trading Standards officers as they don't contain robins, reports The Sun.
Val, 60, a baker for 30 years, must now rename them all "novelty cakes" in case customers are "confused".
She said: "It's a joke and an insult to the public. Of course my cakes don't contain pig, robin or come from paradise. But what's next - Shepherd's Pie?"
Val makes Paradise Slice from a 120-year-old recipe using almonds, sultanas and cherries at her Sgt Bun bakery in Weymouth, Dorset.
She added: "I've been selling all these cakes for 16 years.
"My customers love them. This ruling is very sad, but not entirely surprising in today's society."
Dorset County Council's Trading Standards said: "Food must be properly described so consumers can tell what it is."
A baker has been forced to rename her novelty Pig Tarts - because they don't contain pork.
Val Temple has also been told her popular Paradise Slice has to be reclassified as it does not come from paradise.
And her Robin Tarts have been given the thumbs down by Trading Standards officers as they don't contain robins, reports The Sun.
Val, 60, a baker for 30 years, must now rename them all "novelty cakes" in case customers are "confused".
She said: "It's a joke and an insult to the public. Of course my cakes don't contain pig, robin or come from paradise. But what's next - Shepherd's Pie?"
Val makes Paradise Slice from a 120-year-old recipe using almonds, sultanas and cherries at her Sgt Bun bakery in Weymouth, Dorset.
She added: "I've been selling all these cakes for 16 years.
"My customers love them. This ruling is very sad, but not entirely surprising in today's society."
Dorset County Council's Trading Standards said: "Food must be properly described so consumers can tell what it is."
