Snowshadow,
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Many Canadians are fed up with shrinkflation. So what's being done about it?

Several countries are introducing regulations. Canada isn't yet among them

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shrinkflation-legislation-canada-1.7114612

HistoPol, (edited )
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How about the , the , , and / ?

Multinationals and other market players tested in .

"" has left many consumers vulnerable to what I call "fraud by optical illusion": producers will continuously vary there box an other retail container sizes, so that consumers will not realize it most of the time, when they pay more for less content.

https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow/111958399987464395

Cc @Snowshadow

Snowshadow,
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@HistoPol Yep. It should be global...new labelling pointing out the reduction.

HistoPol,
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@Snowshadow
@EU_Commission

Markets in antiquity started out with standard measurements.

From the 1970s until the agreed upon the disastrous of retail box and container sizes in May, 2007*, consumers were protected from this kind of shenanigans, to put it mildly.

https://www.raschlosser.com/wirtschaftsrecht/verpackungspflichtgroeszen/

Snowshadow,
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@HistoPol Interesting. Maybe it is time to change that back.@EU_Commission

HistoPol,
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@Snowshadow

Not only.

Maybe it should be investigated, who was lobbying for deregulation and, to put it mildly, whether "due process" for all officials was maintained in the light of recent scandals of members of the European Parliament accepting bribes* from and *** for other "favors."

Any (potential) corruption must be eradicated.**

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/12/13/what-do-we-know-about-the-european-parliament-corruption-scandal

**
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2022)739241


https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/a-secret-meeting-in-suite-412-inside-the-european-parliament-corruption-scandal-a-af0228b9-3557-47ca-8184-7e355ad151c3
@EU_Commission

Snowshadow,
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@HistoPol Agreed corruption should be eradicated.@EU_Commission

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