Read some quips by an AVA (Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority) Asst. Director of Corporate Communications in a weekly entertainment magazine and thought they were real gems.
These were taken from an article on some 'fake' and mislabelled foods that are found in Singapore.
On abalone and mock ones that are made from starch
Sometimes, abalone is fake and made of starch. But if you can't tell fake abalone from real abalone, then you're bodoh!
On how some fishmongers passed off some other unidentified species as cod fish
...we can't identify the exact species yet, because they only gave us the fillet without the head or tail. How to tell you? It's like I give you an arm and ask you to tell me if it's from a Chinese or Japanese person.
On why oil fish is sold here even when though it causes diarrhoea in some people
You can get diarrhoea from eating other stuff, too. And it doesn't affect everyone. But if your mother doesn't know how to cook it properly, then you'll get diarrhoea.
On whether its unethical when oil fish gets sold under another (fancier) name such as the butterfish
Is it unethical? No, it's just a different name. For example, if your grandmother called you ah ter (pig in dialect), it doesn't mean you're a pig.
This guy cracks me up. Very politically incorrect. I like. Wish there are more of these corporate communications civil servants than those boring, predictable ones that reply to complaints on Straits Times forum pages.
~SeamonkeY~
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