Stop the Corporate madness! Smuckers patents PB&J?!?! [View All]

[havocmom]

OK, I searched and didn't get any hits. Can't believe the evildoers didn't post this one:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7408857/

<snip> It turns out that's the way J.M. Smucker makes them, sold as a product called "Uncrustables." The company says it's worth U.S. government protection because of the way it keeps its famous jelly from leaking out.

<snip> Smuckers actually has a patent on the peanut butter shield, to stop the jelly from soaking into the bread, unlike a sandwich with peanut butter on just one side, which gets soggy when the jelly gets through.


Uh, how do we inform Smuckers that many folks have been making PB&Js that way for DECADES? So, do we have to pay a royalty when we indulge?

Is it just me or are the corporations sorta going berserk? Is Congress gonna be cracking down on seven year olds making pirated sandwiches? Will the DOJ be sending Storm Troopers to monitor lunchrooms is schools all across America and protect corporate interests from kids who like a lot of peanutbutter on their sandwhiches? :wtf:

Is Smuckers doing it to or for the children?

OK, I am ready to have a fatal heart attack now. This crap is just too much.