Posted on 01/15/2007 9:11:04 PM PST by quantim
Should companies have to publish nutrition information on packages at all? calories, ingredients, etc..
should they have to? no. I'm sure there are people that actually read them, and those people like it. but i could care less. besides, the majority of what i eat is fresh.
I think if enough people want it done, then their buying power will make a company choose to do it on their own.
Thanks for the ping!
ok so long as you dont think that a company should tell people what they are putting into their products (preservatives, chemical crap and the like) at least you're consistent..
I just hope a loved one of yours never has a deadly allergy otherwise you might become one of those annoying people who give a crap about whether or not something was process on a belt that the day before had peanuts on it..
Then my next question is, how much of what you prepare for dinner do you rely on labels to inform you of the presence of aflatoxins from peanuts or another source, and how much research do you do personally to educate yourself for those food products that may not be labeled for whatever reason?
Beyond that, at what level do you think the consumer must asssume that certain risks are not amenable to practical government intervention considering small-scale producers are not covered by existing regulations?
Does prudence dictate that regimen rather than selection might be the better choice?
Everything, if there is no label I could be giving my daughter something that can kill her (peanut allergies are that serious). If its not labeled I cant use it and worst of all even if something one day has not been processed where there are peanuts the next week the exact same product might be processed at a different factory.
Beyond that, at what level do you think the consumer must assume that certain risks are not amenable to practical government intervention considering small-scale producers are not covered by existing regulations?
Saying what goes into food and what else is made in that facility is not anywhere near what I would consider an impractical burden. If you use egg or egg produces just say so on the label, if you make peanut butter in the same faculty just let me know.
Does prudence dictate that regimen rather than selection might be the better choice?
In order for people to make an educated choice they need to know what is in the food. and given that very *very* rarely does egg products get called 'eggs' in the label allergen warnings are critical.
Its medical fact that there are a handful of very deadly allergies (peanuts, treenuts, soy, fish, shellfish) and some things that are so common that if you have a serious allergy you need to know (wheat, oats, ...) I'm not for regulating what they can put into their food but they should be required to tell consumers exactly what they are eating.
I understand what you mean. I had a lot of allergies as a kid. But rather than my mom spending alot of time reading labels, she just cooked everything from scratch. That's how I still cook almost all my food.
Also, maybe I was lucky, but I had an awesome pediatrician that gave my mom a list of food brands that he knew would be ok for me. I also feel really lucky that the guy is still in practice and now takes care of my kids.
When were you a kid? cooking from scratch is what my wife and I do alot of but what about pasta? what about cereals? its wonderful that you were able to have amother at home to cook for you all the time but the reality of peoples lives dont meet that. Why is it asking soo much to erquire food produces tell you whats in the food..
Put the list of ingredients in with the Pregnant women shouldn’t dink warning and no one will ever read it.
Geez - if you notice you have problems DON'T DRINK IT.
I haven't had wine in years because of allergies. I miss it every once in a while, but until it's sulfur free, it's something else for me.
There are hundreds of organic compounds in a bottle of wine. They are not pharmaceuticals for Heaven's sake. There is no reason to attach a brochure to every bottle of wine. If someone has any known allergies to a compound in wine, then they ought not to drink it.
Like foie gras on NYC menus? Perhaps if there was a label speared on the goose liver that would make it OK on a menu, lol?
So if someone croaks after drinking a glass of wine should the winery be sued because it didn't have a published CSI molecular breakdown of its components?
And that's exactly what we folks who have allergies do when things aren't labeled: we avoid it altogether. You would think that it would be a benefit to companies, tho, to label their products as there are probably many products I could eat if only I knew what was NOT in them.
Yea because (This product is processed with fish) is *really* a CSI type burden right! Way to have no clue about the seriousness of these allergies nor how simple the phrase Processed with Fish is..
To stay away from any 'processed food' is not difficult.
What you are missing is 'economies of scale' common sense. To be sure food allergies can, are, and will be fatal to some people. Peanuts, shellfish, mustard seed (in my case) can be serious or even deadly. The last thing I need in my life is another layer of gubmint to protect me through mandates when that same gubmint is killing from every other angle.
Its slightly harder than it is to actually label the freaking product..
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