Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Complaints Spark a Redesign of the Zoodles Can

 
Complaints spark a redesign of Zoodles 'nude' noodles can

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so, it would appear, is obscenity.  And Nestle Canada, bowing to a few consumers with especially critical eyes, will redesign the label of its popular Zoodles, noodle animals in tomato sauce.  "If I want soft-core pornography around, I think I can go to an adult bookstore and get it, not the grocery store," said Evelyn Turner, a 42-year-old Nova Scotia mother.  When the can is turned upside down, Turner complains, the cartoon palm tree on the label can be interpreted as a depiction of male genitalia...



--- Nicolass Van Rijn, Staff Reporter, The Toronto Star

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