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I've often wondered if there are actual regulations against brand-name promotion. In an episode of the ''Good Eats'' show on Food Network, Alton holds up a familiar round "Ritz cracker" as they're so widely known, but makes a point of not mentioning them by name. I'm sure I've seen similar instances of deliberate brand-name avoidance. -- [[User:Wapcaplet|Wapcaplet]] 23:53, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

:Well, you probably could go ahead and say that they were Ritz Crackers, as long as you added a long legalistic speilspiel explaining that your use of Ritz Crackers did not consituteconstitute and endorsement or any connection between you and RJR Nabisco. Otherwise, Nabisco might complain that you were boosting your own profile by riding on their coattails, or maybe that you were making their product look bad with whatever culinary atrocity you were commitingcommitting on your show. --[[User:Cvaneg|Cvaneg]] 00:07, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)