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[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And central America. If it said "Latin America" instead, it would be correct.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Central America is officially a part of North America, though, as is the Caribbean. Otherwise, North America would consist of only two or three countries, depending on how you classify Mexico ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually I thought NA was just 3 countries (or 4 if you count Greenland).

But also, continents are a social construct. America is one continent, is 2 continents, is 3 continents.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Careful, now, you're heading towards a Pangaea Reunification campaign! ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 4 months ago

Bring back Gondwanaland

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No thanks. I'm pro-antlantic-separatism.

Bigot! (JK of course)

[โ€“] Aidenwill@jlai.lu 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

U.S.A. and Canada are born from Spanish, French and British colonisation, Britain is a French colony, therefore, they are also part of Latin America !

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And we're all just stardust anyway.

As thanks for reminding me of it, here's some Symphony of Science โค๏ธ

[โ€“] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I dont think i want meat from most countries in those regions. Food safety regulations are not made equal everywhere. I wouldnt want any from the US either

[โ€“] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Usually, the food regulations of the country you're importing into is what counts. So in order to export to you, a product has to fulfil your country's rules.

What's to worry about is the labour and environment laws of the country your product comes from.

[โ€“] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes but the exporting country decides if their product adheres to the rules or not. There is no way for the importing one to check if all the products actually meet its standards other than trusting the entire certification chain of the exporting one.

[โ€“] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

If that is actually the case where you live, it's a rare exception. Most countries test samples of products routinely to see if they comply.

[โ€“] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

That's just not true. Importers of Australian meat regularly indpect Australian facilities for exactly this reason.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about their regulations, but countries like Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, and Japan are famously exporters of some of the most sought after meat in the world..

[โ€“] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah thats why i said "most" not "all". Those are like 10% of the countries in those regions or less.

[โ€“] bdot@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Canada has pretty decent protections in place for consumers, and meat has to hit the Grade Requirements for imported meat products.

additionally - employees at meat packing plants in the U.S. enjoy when they are processing meat for sale to Canada, because the processing lines slow down significantly, (meaning they donโ€™t have to work at as much of a frantic pace), to meet Canadian standards.

[โ€“] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 44 points 4 months ago
[โ€“] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm American and I endorse this message.

[โ€“] Zink@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago

Same. And did they use the image of him looking at the sun (eclipse) for that sticker? A thing of beauty.

[โ€“] MITM0@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

On another news, EU is probably thinking of creating a linux-based OS for adminstrative tasks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu3S2A02FFc Should've called it "EUrOS"

[โ€“] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Now when they say this, does it mean that they're Canadian owned companies or just made in Canada. Does it matter much?

[โ€“] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 16 points 4 months ago

This question and the challenges in answering it just show how interconnected and mutually beneficial (putting aside the capitalist wealth extraction part) our economies were between Canada and the US.

We're struggling with this in our household as we review most of what we buy.

[โ€“] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

Someone should give them a sticker with Trump and this sentence. It's the final touch.