The pizza gestapo are coming: Obamacare's disastrous new food regulation set to take effect

Convention of States ^ | April 5, 2017 | Staff

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

The tomato was not introduced into Italy until the mid 1500’s. They were a North American crop.

[bigbob]

If there is a cost involved they can ignore it under Trump EO.

[Twotone]

“Declare your Pizza Hut a sanctuary pizza parlor - no cooperation with federal dietary police allowed. Find a Hawaiian judge to support your position.”

Love it! :-)

[I am Richard Brandon]

The sheeple are bleating but where is the action?

[lowbridge]

"Slice Of Pizza Taken Away And Put Back Twice On Pan"

[wally_bert]

One day we may even cook here again. For a long while we did a lot and I found I was kind of good at it.

Long story as to why though.

I’d like to but there are mitigating circumstances and the hassle isn’t worth it.

At one time there was at least a pizza stone here.

[wally_bert]

I have learned to love Tombstone 5 cheese pizzas.

That is something coming from the guy who loves pizzas loaded up with tons of the usual toppings.

Sometimes I almost get those old Totino’s cardboard pizzas. I certainly had enough of them.

[ThunderSleeps]

I’m going to guess the law only specifies the information has to be posted. Probably doesn’t say it has to be usable/readable. Print it small, scroll it fast, whatever. If some libtard get’s her undies in a bundle send them the data file with the 34 million combinations. Of course, convert the text to images, say PDF in *large* font, no compression. Should flood them with GB or even TB of useless images... Say one letter per page. There, compliance.

[wally_bert]

I can think of a couple lib dem control freaks that would go into the stratosphere with joy if given a chance to enforce anything remotely like these.

[miss marmelstein]

Cooking can be relaxing and rewarding - as well as exasperating on occasion! Hope your circumstances change soon.

[wally_bert]

I love it!

A copy will go to my aunt. She will get a kick out of it.

This made my morning.

That clip sold a couple of times so a couple of others liked it.

[be-baw]

Dominos. Worst pizza I ever had. I think it was the assagio cheese, which I didn’t order.

[rlmorel]

Yep. Nanny statism.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“How about a cheap computer at each location. You can put in the size and toppings of the pizza you want and it tells you the bad news that you knew anyway.”

You could put is as a menu item on the ordering kiosks which will replace the 15.00 per hour order taker.

[hanamizu]

Simple solution. List the calories of a slice of plain pizza

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If it were only that simple. I haven’t read the reg, but because it refers to ‘nutritional information’, it likely requires grams of sodium, grams of fat, percent of daily recommended amount, etc. i.e.. all of the fine print you read on a can of food. That’s why the sign has to be so large. I’m sure there’s minimum required font size, and there must be some provision for the blind/partially sighted, etc. And, aa a bonus every time an ingredient was changed, added or sourced from a different supplier, the sign would have to be updated. But it’s all for your own good, comrades.

[dfwgator]

“All we are saying....is give pizza a chance....”

[Dr. Sivana]

say PDF in *large* font, no compression.

Make it TIFF, as PDF has built in compression. TIFF is a high resolution "picture" of the menu. Such an image might freeze a typical computer (but good luck generating it).

[Mr. Jeeves]

Laws are optional anymore.

To be precise, they are selectively applied against potential enemies of the state and corporations who don't pay their bribes.

[The Numbers]

“That’s silly to make a huge sign with all the combinations. List it by ingredient.”

You’re absolutely right. There are lots of things wrong with 0-care, but this is a lot of nonsense. There’s no reason you have to list 34 million combinations. If these Domino’s executives aren’t able to figure that out and waste $1000s on a sign much larger than they need then their business is gonna get the result it deserves.

[jjsheridan5]

Simple solution. List the calories of a slice of plain pizza and then the calories of each of the possible toppings. Customers can do their own math.

Your "simplicity" misses a golden opportunity to enjoy the benefits of a liberal/RINO corporatist economy. First, the large pizza companies should band together to push for even more onerous regulations. While it will cost them, it will cost their smaller competitors even more, due to the economies of scale. Over time, they can increase the regulatory requirements, thus creating barriers to entry that are impossible to overcome. Having done that, they can begin the process of predatory pricing and, if all goes well, targeted tax relief and subsidies.

The net result: massive profits for the remaining pizza companies. Full employment in NOVA, due to the large scale lobbying effort. Tremendous windfalls for cooperative politicians. And, the NY Times can wax eloquently about how children were saved in the process, as the evil pizza barons were brought to heel, all in the name of science (but as the result of pseudo-science, but who cares?).

The only losers will be the middle-class pizza consumers, who see less choice, and higher prices. Which, from the vantage point of NYC and DC, makes it a winner all around.