The whole world is laughing at us:

WINCHESTER, England, April 30: A baker in the British county of Dorset has been ordered to change the names of her Robin Tarts since the delicacies don’t contain their feathery namesakes.

In addition to having rename her popular Robin Tarts, Sgt. Bub Bakery owner Val Temple has been ordered by Trading Standards officials to alter other key titles that are not indicative of their true ingredients, The Daily Mail reported Monday.

Also on the chopping block are the eatery’s Pig Tarts for lacking actual pork and the Paradise Slice, which was not actually created in paradise.

I thought this was so stupid, I wrote to Dorset Trading Standards, and in fairness to them, a reply quickly came back, although clearly something pasted from a clipboard - I’m sure I wasn’t the first!

Thank you for your email regarding the articles in the media. Unfortunately
as is often the case, only part of the facts have been reported. The
Trading Standards Service are responsible for ensuring food labelling
regulations are followed. When Sergeant Bun were visited it was pointed out
that from the description of some of their products it would not be
possible for a consumer to identify what the cake contained. We are well
aware that the Robin Tart would not contain Robin and at no time was the
owner of the business told that she could not use this name. However, she
was advised that she should qualify the name with a description of what the
cake contained. The reason for this is that unfortunately a significant
number of people these days suffer from food allergies. If a Robin Tart
contained almond paste but was not labelled as such it could cause a
reaction for a nut allergy sufferer.
In conclusion I would like to reiterate that we have no problem with Robin
Tarts and the like but if a food is described like this we would like to
see the content of the food also described on the label. I do hope this
clarifies the situation.

More (with plenty of comment!) in the Dorset Echo

Tags: dorset,paradise-cake,trading-standards
Categories: funnies