Is no food sacred? The EU goes after cinnamon rolls

Probably Michael Bloomberg knows better than to try this: The European Union’s extremely meddlesome food regulations are threatening Denmark’s cinnamon rolls. They have more cinnamon in them than the government collective thinks Danish people should be allowed to consume.

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From The (U.K.) Telegraph:

“The season’s festivities in Denmark have been overshadowed by the prospect that it could be the last Danish Christmas before a European Union ban on their beloved kanelsnegler or cinnamon rolls.

The proposed ban followed plans by Denmark’s food safety agency to implement EU regulations aimed at limiting the amount of coumarin, a naturally occurring toxic chemical found in the most commonly used type of cinnamon, cassia. …”

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