Comments on: Revealed at last: India's public safety code for tamarind pulp http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 27 May 2013 02:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1523414 Thorzdad Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1523414 One needs to effectively deploy the humor and irony, too, for it to be seen as such. This attempt failed. One needs to effectively deploy the humor and irony, too, for it to be seen as such. This attempt failed.

]]> By: Shashwath T.R. http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1523213 Shashwath T.R. Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1523213 Not that particular comment, but the attitude behind it. We can't have a single article about India without someone bringing up population and poverty. It's just irritating! I know it's a troll, but... Not that particular comment, but the attitude behind it.

We can’t have a single article about India without someone bringing up population and poverty. It’s just irritating!

I know it’s a troll, but…

]]> By: Carl Malamud http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1523090 Carl Malamud Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1523090  Of course Mark isn't suggesting that. "At last" as in "Never available on the Internet before." Sense of humor and irony an important part of the happy mutant toolkit.  Of course Mark isn’t suggesting that. “At last” as in “Never available on the Internet before.” Sense of humor and irony an important part of the happy mutant toolkit.

]]> By: Lyle Hopwood http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522711 Lyle Hopwood Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522711 Recently Snopes told me the 27,000 word USDA <a href="http://www.snopes.com/language/document/cabbage.asp" rel="nofollow">Cabbage Memo</a> was an urban legend. My food standards-dismissing ways are over. Recently Snopes told me the 27,000 word USDA Cabbage Memo was an urban legend. My food standards-dismissing ways are over.

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522451 Thorzdad Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522451 I'm confused by the tone set by the headline, too. Is Mark suggesting that there shouldn't be food purity/safety requirements?  I’m confused by the tone set by the headline, too. Is Mark suggesting that there shouldn’t be food purity/safety requirements? 

]]> By: Stooge http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522376 Stooge Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522376 I suspect that factoid constitutes a significant proportion of everything you know about Africa, but let's assume I'm wrong: would you care to explain why supra-national standards as promoted by, for example, the African Organisation for Standardisation are a waste of time, and how trade between African states would be better served by having different standards in each country? I suspect that factoid constitutes a significant proportion of everything you know about Africa, but let’s assume I’m wrong: would you care to explain why supra-national standards as promoted by, for example, the African Organisation for Standardisation are a waste of time, and how trade between African states would be better served by having different standards in each country?

]]> By: Rider http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522375 Rider Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522375 Really you took that comment seriously? Really you took that comment seriously?

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522364 Jeff Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522364 I think anyone who has lived a while in sub-Saharan Africa (Gold Coast and central Africa, for example) would tell you that "public safety standards for Africa" don't really exist. Individual craftsmen and technicians do good work and can explain why they do it that way, but there's not a really much infrastructure to implement standards across all of a given industry. And for the people that say, "Africa is not a country", you're being a useless pedant. Africa can be usefully seen as a set of regions with varying norms. Inside of any particular region, the country name doesn't really matter; the cultural and business norms carry over without much respect for the arbitrary borders that history happened to put in place. The real problem is lumping all of Africa together is that you are missing the important distinctions between regions that make some things that happen on one end of Africa completely different than things that happen on the other end. Anyway, seeing "public safety" and "Africa" in the same sentence made me chuckle... thanks for that, Carl! :)   -jeff I think anyone who has lived a while in sub-Saharan Africa (Gold Coast and central Africa, for example) would tell you that “public safety standards for Africa” don’t really exist. Individual craftsmen and technicians do good work and can explain why they do it that way, but there’s not a really much infrastructure to implement standards across all of a given industry.
And for the people that say, “Africa is not a country”, you’re being a useless pedant. Africa can be usefully seen as a set of regions with varying norms. Inside of any particular region, the country name doesn’t really matter; the cultural and business norms carry over without much respect for the arbitrary borders that history happened to put in place. The real problem is lumping all of Africa together is that you are missing the important distinctions between regions that make some things that happen on one end of Africa completely different than things that happen on the other end.

Anyway, seeing “public safety” and “Africa” in the same sentence made me chuckle… thanks for that, Carl! :)

  -jeff

]]> By: BunnyShank http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522314 BunnyShank Fri, 31 Aug 2012 05:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522314 I'm really glad about this. Tamarind, along with other Indian condiments and spices are staples in my kitchen, and not having Indian family, nor even an aunty, I always worry I'm going to store them improperly, does tamarind chutney spoil like ketchup spoils, or what? Its not like they teach you about these things in US home ec class. I’m really glad about this. Tamarind, along with other Indian condiments and spices are staples in my kitchen, and not having Indian family, nor even an aunty, I always worry I’m going to store them improperly, does tamarind chutney spoil like ketchup spoils, or what? Its not like they teach you about these things in US home ec class.

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522297 Rezeya Montecore Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522297 EVERYTHING is occasionally ridiculous. EVERYTHING is occasionally ridiculous.

]]> By: ripley http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522283 ripley Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522283 Talking about "standards for Africa" makes you look kinda silly. Africa is not a country. There's over 50 countries in Africa. Talking about “standards for Africa” makes you look kinda silly. Africa is not a country. There’s over 50 countries in Africa.

]]> By: Shashwath T.R. http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522279 Shashwath T.R. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522279 Really? You think that population and poverty are the <i>only</i> problems we should ever address? Really?

You think that population and poverty are the only problems we should ever address?

]]> By: twianto http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522190 twianto Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522190 I don't get why anyone would mock this, including the ridiculous headline here. Doesn't even make sense. This is like blasting the FDA for something like regulations on peanut butter (you know, the thing that killed a couple folks some time ago) while pointing out that the US has millions of people who can't afford healthcare. There is more than just one important issue. Food safety is never ridiculous. I don’t get why anyone would mock this, including the ridiculous headline here. Doesn’t even make sense. This is like blasting the FDA for something like regulations on peanut butter (you know, the thing that killed a couple folks some time ago) while pointing out that the US has millions of people who can’t afford healthcare.

There is more than just one important issue. Food safety is never ridiculous.

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522163 SedanChair Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522163 Aren't you asking a lot of tamarind pulp Aren’t you asking a lot of tamarind pulp

]]> By: connie1946 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522093 connie1946 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522093 I need some safety tips concerning why I burp a lot after eating chicken vindaloo I need some safety tips concerning why I burp a lot after eating chicken vindaloo

]]> By: John Hickey http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522036 John Hickey Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522036 Thank god they revised it.  Before the revision the birth rate was out of control kids living and begging on the street... Oh wait. Thank god they revised it.  Before the revision the birth rate was out of control kids living and begging on the street… Oh wait.

]]> By: Carl Malamud http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/revealed-at-last-indias-pub.html#comment-1522013 Carl Malamud Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178899#comment-1522013 You can browse the India standards at https://law.resource.org/pub/in/bis/ or you can consult a <a href="https://law.resource.org/pub/in/manifest.html" rel="nofollow">handy sortable table.</a> You can browse the India standards at https://law.resource.org/pub/in/bis/ or you can consult a handy sortable table.

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