Supermarkets cry foul as FDA proposes new food labeling rule under ObamaCare

[Chris_]

Supermarkets cry foul as FDA proposes new food labeling rule under ObamaCare

The rule stems from an ObamaCare mandate that restaurants provide nutrition information on menus. Most in the restaurant industry were supportive of the idea, but when the FDA decided to extend the provision to also affect thousands of supermarkets and convenience stores, the backlash was swift.

The proposed regulation would require store owners to label prepared, unpackaged foods found in salad bars and food bars, soups and bakery items. Erik Lieberman, regulatory counsel at the Food Marketing Institute, said testing foods for nutritional data will require either expensive software or even more costly off-site laboratory assessments.

Lieberman said failure to get it right comes with stiff penalties: "If you get it wrong, it's a federal crime, and you could face jail time and thousands of dollars worth of fines."

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We have to pass the bill to find out what's in it.

[Undies]

How about a collective "F*CK YOU" and "HELL NO"?

[Jasonw560]

We (Texas) need to secede.

Like yesterday. This is getting insane.

[thundley4]

All those prepared foods in the deli section will need labels.  Most stores also sell fried and roasted chicken kept warm under heat lamps and I guess that will have to be labeled too.


Wasn't there also something about vending machine snacks having to be labeled also?

[Chris_]

Wasn't there also something about vending machine snacks having to be labeled also?

I think those are already labeled.

[thundley4]

I think those are already labeled.

I think the new requirement was for them to be listed on the outside of the machines so the info was available before purchase.

[JohnnyReb]

And I hear that the Silly-bilious bitch has written over 10,000 pages of rules and regulations to go with the 2,000+ pages of the original healthcare act.

[Undies]

And I hear that the Silly-bilious bitch has written over 10,000 pages of rules and regulations to go with the 2,000+ pages of the original healthcare act.

No one will tell me why we are putting up with this crap.  It can't be because of the "rule of law".  That concept went out the window a few years ago.

[Jasonw560]

No one will tell me why we are putting up with this crap.  It can't be because of the "rule of law".  That concept went out the window a few years ago.

Drones.

[Dori]

And I hear that the Silly-bilious bitch has written over 10,000 pages of rules and regulations to go with the 2,000+ pages of the original healthcare act.

So far she's over 13,000 pages that she's still writing.  I get the feeling that this is one of those never ending perpetual laws. 

[Undies]

Drones.

I'd rather be dead than live in a once-great nation where freedom is a privilege and a handful of people decide how 300 million others will cope.

[Jasonw560]

I'd rather be dead than live in a once-great nation where freedom is a privilege and a handful of people decide how 300 million others will cope.

You mean like the former USSR?

Same here.