Quote ="Ferocious Aardvark"Was there ever a more telling example of how mad and utterly out of control the absurd and bankrupt EU machine is, and why it is in such as mess?'"
It all sounds completely bat5hit insane until you consider that:
a) The claim that was asked to be investigated was “Regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration and of concomitant decrease of performance”. ([url=http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/1982.pdfLink[/url).
No relabelling is going to result from this, because no bottled water manufacturer was stupid enough to put an outright lie such as "This product prevents dehydration" on their packaging.
b) Dehydration isn't lack of water. It's lack of the water and salts necessary for normal bodily function. Drink too much water and the end result is dehydration . If you were to put together a list of provable medical claims then "water prevents dehydration" would absolutely not be on that list, hence the use of saline drips for "nil by mouth" patients rather than an upturned bottle of water.
c) The report was published in February and the [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063031/Dehydration-EU-says-CANT-claim-drinking-water-stops-body-drying-out.htmlMail[/url, [url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/284426/EU-says-water-is-not-healthyExpress[/url and [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.htmlTelegraph[/url all waited until the same day in November to whip out the scare headlines amidst collapsing European governments. Forgive my cynicism, but this is the anti-EU press making 5hit up to generate a confirmation reaction in people who've already made up their minds.
In other news, last week the US congress classified pizza as a vegetable.
