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NY orders calories posted on chain menus
CNN ^ | Jan 21 2008 | Nkechi Nneji

Posted on 01/22/2008 12:28:56 PM PST by bigdcaldavis

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The New York City Board of Health voted unanimously Tuesday to require all city chain restaurants to post calorie data on their menus.

Chain restaurants already must make the calorie counts of their menu items publicly available, but beginning March 31 they will have to put the numbers on menu boards and menus. The change will affect restaurants with 15 or more outlets -- roughly 10 percent of all city restaurants, according to a news release from the city's health department.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: foodnazis; nannystate; newyork; ny; nyc; upyours
This is the PERFECT opportunity for the big corporate chain restaurants to show who's really boss by simply shutting down all their NY-based eateries and put millions of people out of work. The unemployment costs would be SO astronomical that Bloomberg would immediately rescind the rule and beg the eateries to come back......and maybe New Yorkers would realize that liberals hate freedom.
1 posted on 01/22/2008 12:28:57 PM PST by bigdcaldavis
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To: bigdcaldavis
Back in September this was in Federal Court. In December of 2006 New York City passed New York City Health Code 81:50. This law required that restaurants that already voluntary post nutritional information on Web sites or tray liners to post that information on their menus or menu boards. The New York State Restaurant Association sued the Board of Health to strike down the law. U. S. District Court Judge Richard J. Howell ruled in favor of the restaurant association stating that federal law already covers some of same provisions as in the city law.

What is different this time?

2 posted on 01/22/2008 12:34:19 PM PST by CaptRon (Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: bigdcaldavis

Nanny, nanny, nanny.


3 posted on 01/22/2008 12:44:58 PM PST by samtheman
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To: bigdcaldavis

FOOD POLICE ON A RAMPAGE; and I suspect there’s much more of this to come! We’ve achieved sufficient technological advancement to do Onstar and GPS mapping we can require automated calorie intake monitoring on every citizen; those who over indulge would have their food priviledges revoked which could only be regained by hours of exercize.

Huh! And you thought they were only going after the wretched anti-social smokers!

Oh, and by the way; have you done your 60 hours of “voluntary” community service this month? If not, you’ll have to fork over 10% of your monthly income to the Community Service Bureau!


4 posted on 01/22/2008 12:58:28 PM PST by glide625
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To: bigdcaldavis

the funny thing is the only people who will care about the nutritional information are those who are truely concerned about their health-and they are going to avoid the “bad” food anyway.
Does anyone (Bloomberg and his stooges) think that some 400 pound slob who waddles in to one of these restaurants is going to give a crap about how many total grams of fat or calories are in a triple burger with mayo, cheese and bacon?


5 posted on 01/22/2008 12:59:19 PM PST by mrmargaritaville
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To: mrmargaritaville

Yes, they’ll go with the item with the most calories.


6 posted on 01/22/2008 1:01:07 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: bigdcaldavis

Hahhaahahaha.. you grossly overestimate the barrier of entry into the restaraunt business.

The chains pull out, someone else will take their spot tommorrow, and gladly post their calories on their menus.

Restaraunt business has one of the lowest barriers of entry in the world... all you need is a heat sorce and a spatula.


7 posted on 01/22/2008 1:07:18 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: bigdcaldavis
Bloomberg will do this to the rest of the country if given the chance.
8 posted on 01/22/2008 1:09:43 PM PST by boomop1
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To: bigdcaldavis

Why limit this to chains? Whatever happened to equal protection under the law? Why does Burger King have to disclose how many calories are in its cheeseburgers but Tavern on the Green doesn’t?


9 posted on 01/22/2008 1:14:52 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: glide625
those who over indulge would have their food priviledges revoked which could only be regained by hours of exercize.

Nah, they'll just revoke your free health care. No, they wouldn't do that -- they'll put you in food-sensitivity training until you see the error of your ways.

10 posted on 01/22/2008 1:28:19 PM PST by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: bigdcaldavis

New York just raised the cost of doing business in the city. Real bright.


11 posted on 01/22/2008 2:03:41 PM PST by JoeGar
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To: JoeGar

I’m against the law because I don’t need a nanny state, but how much does it cost to post some calorie numbers. It would take about one minimum wage employee about 2 hours. How does it raise the cost of doing business?


13 posted on 01/22/2008 2:40:28 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: CaptRon

If you go to the websites of the bigger chains, the info is posted. Has been for years.


14 posted on 01/22/2008 2:57:03 PM PST by toddlintown (Building More Highways For Children---Huckleberry Talking Point)
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To: bigdcaldavis
Image hosted by Photobucket.com for what??? so some 300lb hog can say, wow those three Whoppers are a lot of calories... i better get the diet soda!!!
15 posted on 01/22/2008 3:01:14 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: toddlintown

That’s my point. The 2nd circuit ruled for the Restaurant Association in September for the reaons you just stated.


16 posted on 01/22/2008 5:28:10 PM PST by CaptRon (Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: Truthsearcher
How does it raise the cost of doing business?

New signage -- just for New York City -- that is different from the rest of the country; maintaining NYC-unique signage as menus change; etc.

17 posted on 01/22/2008 5:41:13 PM PST by JoeGar
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To: bigdcaldavis

bump


18 posted on 01/22/2008 8:21:45 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: HamiltonJay
Restaraunt business has one of the lowest barriers of entry in the world... all you need is a heat sorce and a spatula.

And a pot full of money. Restauranteurs must pay their purveyors upon delivery. All food and drink that is for sale in a restaurant has already been paid for.

You also must be conversant with the byzantine regulations of the governing health board.

So you put $50K into the place, sign a lease, hire a cook, a waiter and a janitor, open the doors and hope somebody walks in.

That takes more nerve than I have.

19 posted on 01/22/2008 8:30:27 PM PST by HIDEK6
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To: BfloGuy
Nah, they'll just revoke your free health care. No, they wouldn't do that -- they'll put you in food-sensitivity training until you see the error of your ways.

I don't think Michael Savage's solution is much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1IUBR2wlM

/sarcasm
20 posted on 01/24/2008 5:57:31 PM PST by bigdcaldavis ("Screw Kahlifornia. Gimme Kolinahr." - Me)
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