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TIL in 1985, the Canadian government banned the use of the name "Beef patty" by Jamaican patty vendors. The legal definition of "patty" at the time only described hamburger patties. After communit... (www.cbc.ca)

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Original Title: TIL in 1985, the Canadian government banned the use of the name "Beef patty" by Jamaican patty vendors. The legal definition of "patty" at the time only described hamburger patties. After community outrage and mobilisation, vendors were allowed to call their products "Jamaican patties".

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