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Subway bread has too much sugar to be legally defined as bread, Irish court rules – ABC News
A panel of judges in Ireland’s Supreme Court rules bread sold by fast-food chain Subway contains too much sugar to be categorised as a “staple food”, which is n…
Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled that bread sold by fast food chain Subway contains so much sugar that it cannot be legally defined as bread.
- Subway disagreed with the court’s ruling that its bread was too sugary
- Bookfinders, a Subway franchisee, was appealing a 2006 decision by authorities refusing value-added tax payment refunds
- Lower courts had dismissed the case before it reached the Supreme Court
The ruling came in a tax dispute brought by Bookfinders L…
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