Keeping abreast of legal matters.
Last week I reported on the curious case of the breast milk ice-cream on sale in Londonâs Covent Garden.
Ice-cream confectioner Matt OâConnor was confident his take on the âmiracle of motherhoodâ and priced at a hefty 14 pounds a serving would go down a treat with the paying public.
He had obtained the breast milk from a nursing Mum â proudly named as Victoria Hiley 35, who had seen his advert calling for human milking machines on âMumsnetâ (where else?).
Naturally Nanny, in the form of Westminster Councilâs Health and Safety department couldnât leave this entrepreneurship alone, and bustled into the ice-cream parlour on Tuesday â removing all the frozen âBreast is bestâ specimens from sale.
âSelling foodstuffs made from another personâs bodily fluids can lead to viruses being passed on and in this case, potentially hepatitis,â Brian Connell, Westminster Councilâs cabinet member for business, said on Tuesday.
âand in this caseâ? Since Victoria Hiley has been so prominently named in every major media mouthpiece as the origin of the breast milk, can I suggest that libel and defamation specialists form an orderly queue whilst plying their wares on Mumsnet?
She should be able to milk this for all it is worthâ¦..
March 3, 2011 at 14:49
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The Nissan Pathfinder with âFront Independent Suspensionâ
Jesus H Christ, the Morris Minor had that in 1948â¦.
March 2, 2011 at 14:13
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Yes, but who, in all honesty, would want a strawberry flavoured breast
milkshake????
Ewwwwwww!
March 2, 2011 at 19:19
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Search âNissan Independent Suspensionâ on YouTube to see how thatâd be
made.
- March 2, 2011 at 13:56
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Itâs been pasteurised â if that isnât good enough perhaps I should stop
drinking cows milk?
March 2, 2011 at 12:59
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It could pass on hepatitis? Good grief, theyâd better not give this stuff
to babies. That would be very irresponsibleâ¦.
March 2, 2011 at 12:20
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incidentally, plaudits to Le Chat de Caedmon â very good!
March 2, 2011 at 12:06
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I was on the breast until two and have remained an occasional taster until
this day. Am not sure how many readers can recall the taste, but assure you it
is delightful. Toodle pip.
March 2,
2011 at 11:57
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âShe should be able to milk this for all it is worthâ¦..â
*chortle*
March 2, 2011 at 14:57
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Go on Anna, admit it, you wrote the OP purely for the opportunity to use
that punchline.
- March 2, 2011 at 11:43
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never mind milk, what about the Chateau Margaux ??
March 2, 2011 at 11:18
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Oh what a shame! Looks like the expensive breast milk ice cream is a thing
of the past, confiscated by the Health Nazis. Well, all I can say is: thanks
for the mammaryâ¦
March 2, 2011 at 11:28
March 2, 2011 at 10:56
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Allons, enfants de la poitrineâ¦
March 2, 2011 at 13:00
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Bon stuff. Nous allons manger, les virus foie.
Gonna be brave and
point to the Thalidomide tragedy and why it didnât happen in The States
(perverse official acting on instinct who struggled to justify the
decision).
Elf ân Safety are monkeys but sometimes a bit of King Lear
gets typed.
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