Posted on 10/30/2009 10:28:00 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Menu labeling part of Pelosi's health care reform bill
By Paul Frumkin
WASHINGTON (Oct. 29, 2009) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Thursday introduced a sweeping, $894 billion health care bill that also includes provisions for menu labeling.
The 1,990-page bill outlines general nutrient-labeling requirements for restaurants and retail establishments that are part of a chain with 20 or more outlets.
Those restaurants affected would be required to prominently post calorie counts for standard items on menus and menu boards as well as calories per serving for each item on a buffet, salad bar, cafeteria line or self-service display.
Standard menu items are defined as those offered for at least 60 days per calendar year and would not include daily specials, custom orders and test market items on the menu for less than 90 days.
Restaurateurs also would be required to post a brief statement regarding daily caloric intake “designed to enable the public to understand, in the context of a total daily diet, the significance of the nutrition information that is provided.”
In addition, operators would be required to advise customers that additional nutrition information is available upon request.
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Weak minded Democrats will love this nanny state stuff, until they realize that the food now costs more to cover the extra labeling.
But Democrats are stupid, they still may not care.
Oh, fer cryin’ out loud! Brought by Nanny-State Pelosi.
Watch what you say slave! < /sarc >
I want to be Label Kommissar !
I just need a trillion dollar budget.
From what I've seen at buffets, people aren't exactly concerned about calories. The amount counted as a "serving" would probably mean that each eater is grabbing at least a dozen servings on one plate.
Next is a Label Czar!
She conveniently used a number of 20 or more- which puts her family restaurants out of the loop on this provision.
Do as I say-—not as I do......Democraps.
When I go to a buffet or salad bar- MY servings are nowhere near the “servings” the 300# lady in the 5-way stretch pants calls a ‘serving’.
How can any restaurant figure out what a “serving” is with open scooping by the customer?
Maybe the Botox injections into her forehead should be labeled. 666 mcg of Botulinum Toxin Type A.
That will be taken care of in the NEXT health care legislation, to close up the other loop holes not taken care of in this one.
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