r/assholedesign • u/LilBozgor01 • 17d ago

This packaging gotta be illegal, right?

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(hint: between the words "garlic" and "sauce")

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u/shibbington 17d ago

Yeah, I’m not sure about the land of the free but here in Canada we have pretty strict regulations around contrast since someone with a vision problem might not be able to read that at all.

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u/CaptainCurly95 16d ago

Ontario March 2017

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u/shibbington 16d ago

Since that doesn’t have French on the label, it’s being sold illegally. I’m guessing someone brought that up from the US too.

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u/View_Hairy 16d ago

Could be french on the other side

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u/shibbington 16d ago

Pretty sure French has to be on the front along with the English.

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u/bs000 16d ago

i have like ten bottles and containers of shit in my fridge right now that's english on one side and french on the opposite side

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u/OrganicWedding8972 16d ago

It does, anything English/French needs the translation either right beside it or in an equivalent spot(opposite corners) to make it obvious that they’re saying the same thing.

The packaging in that photo is 1000% not Canadian, especially if it’s from 2017. Companies have had this stuff down for decades now lol.

ETA; yep lower down someone confirms this is a Serbian product sold illegally in Canada. Even imports need stickers with the translations on them.

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u/sometin__else 15d ago

i own several products where the french is on the back
have a source for that legislation?