Nutrition labeling for meat becomes mandatory

The Chart - CNN Health ^ | February 29, 2012 | Leslie Wade, CNN Medical Producer

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The next time you shop at the grocery store, you may see something new– nutrition labels on meat. The same types of labels you already find on other foods.

In 1993, the U.S. Department of Agriculture made nutrition labeling voluntary for many types of raw meats. The labeling becomes mandatory on Thursday.

The new rule affects all ground meat and poultry and 40 of the most popular cuts of meat in the United States such as chicken breasts, steaks, pork chops, roasts, lamb and veal. If the nutrition facts are not on the package, as in the case of some larger cuts of meat, look for posters or signs at the meat counter for this information.

"It's the kind of information that consumers are asking for and we just think it's about helping people make their own best choices by having the information that they need," says Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Undersecretary for Food Safety at the USDA.

These labels or posters include listings of total calories, calories from fat, levels of saturated fat, protein, cholesterol, sodium and iron. In addition to showing the lean content for a particular meat, such as "90% lean," labels must now also include the fat percentage, in this example "10% fat."

"The information can also be used to comparison shop among products. If a consumer is concerned about total calories or saturated fat, for example, they can compare and contrast products and possibly make a selection based on the nutrient content of the food," says Registered Dietitian Heather Mangieri, spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

And she adds that the best cuts of meat are those that provide "the best nutrient bang for our calorie buck."

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Do we really need this?

Nanny State PING!

[death2tyrants]

More regulation = higher prices

Welcome to Obama’s America

[absalom01]

“90% lean,” labels must now also include the fat percentage, in this example “10% fat.”

Because people are too stupid to subtract 90 from 100 to get 10? Insane.

[shadeaud]

Too bad A&P went out of business, they had the best meat. Matter of fact, they use to advertise it. As I recall it read.....A&P, you can’t beat our meat.

[libertarian27]

I can just see cattle with different nutritional labels on their sides...they will never have the same nutritional ...from one to the next

[Still Thinking]

"It's the kind of information that consumers are asking for and we just think it's about helping people make their own best choices by having the information that they need," says Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Undersecretary for Food Safety at the USDA.

Bull$hit. When was the last time any rational person was "asking" for anything the government stuffed down their throats. Well, except for asking by the way they vote. As in "You're really asking for it now!"

[KevinDavis]

It started with Cigarettes..

[libertarian27]

I can just see cattle with different nutritional labels on their sides...they will never have the same nutritional ...from one to the next

[Aevery_Freeman]

OMG, yes. Without Nanny McFee, you are too stupid to breathe.

(see tagline)

[cripplecreek]

Didn’t Rush get in trouble for labeling meat?

[nascarnation]

Didn’t Rush get in trouble for labeling meat?

Post of the month!!

[cripplecreek]

In Michigan you can carry a gun on school property but its illegal to smoke a cigarette there.

[KevinDavis]

Go figure..

[I see my hands]

Similar sign in the window of Johnson's Butcher Shop: You may beat my prices but you can't..

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Eric Holder's people have to be provided mindless, meaningless bureaucratic jobs with which to lord it over non-Eric Holder's people.

It's all part of the reparations/redistribution busienss.

[petitfour]

Do they identify what drugs and hormones were administered to the animal? That’s what I would like to know. And I would like to know what kind of food the animal was fed.

[6SJ7]

In addition to showing the lean content for a particular meat, such as "90% lean," labels must now also include the fat percentage, in this example "10% fat."

Labeling to accommodate those who are weapons grade stupid.

[Mears]

“In Michigan you can carry a gun on school property but its illegal to smoke a cigarette there.”

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That one sentence sums up everything you need to know about what has happened to this country.

Handy though-—if someone lights up a cig the antis can shoot the offender stone,cold dead.

[cripplecreek]

Handy though-—if someone lights up a cig the antis can shoot the offender stone,cold dead.

LOL just doing my civic duty officer.