Subway bread isn’t bread, Irish court says

 愛爾蘭法院表示，Subway的麵包不是麵包

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Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled that bread sold by the fast food chain Subway contains so much sugar that it cannot be legally defined as bread.

愛爾蘭最高法院裁定，速食連鎖店「賽百味」的麵包含有太多糖，不符合法律上麵包的定義。

The ruling came in a tax dispute brought by Bookfinders Ltd., an Irish Subway franchisee, which argued that some of its takeaway products - including teas, coffees and heated sandwiches - were not liable for value-added tax.

愛爾蘭的賽百味加盟商Bookfinders因稅務爭端提出訴訟後，最高法院做出此一裁決。該公司主張，他們部分外帶產品—包含茶飲、咖啡和加熱三明治—不該被徵收加值型營業稅。

A panel of judges rejected the appeal, ruling that the bread sold by Subway contains too much sugar to be categorized as a "staple food," which is not taxed.

合議庭拒絕上訴主張，裁定賽百味販售的麵包含糖量太高，不得被歸類為不用課稅的「主食」。

"There is no dispute that the bread supplied by Subway in its heated sandwiches has a sugar content of 10% of the weight of the flour included in the dough, and thus exceeds the 2% specified," the judgement read.（AP）

判決書指出：「賽百味在加熱三明治中提供的麵包，含糖量是麵糰中麵粉重量的10%，超過規定的2%，這點沒有爭議。」（美聯社）

新聞辭典

franchisee：名詞，特許經營者。例句：The franchisee would be given the exclusive recipe of the donuts.（加盟店會獲得甜甜圈的獨家食譜。）

liable：形容詞，有義務的；應付稅的。例句：You will be liable to tax on the annual bonus.（你的年終獎金將被課稅。）

staple：名詞或形容詞，主食；主要的。例句：Bread is the staple of the Germans.（麵包是德國人的主食。）