Posted on 08/16/2014 8:08:16 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A pair of congressional Democrats pressed the White House Friday to move forcefully on regulations requiring calorie counts on restaurant menus.
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule mandates labels on restaurants, “similar retail food establishments” and vending machines to combat obesity by helping consumers make healthier choices.
The regulations, a requirement of the Affordable Care Act, were first proposed in 2011 and drew hundreds of public comments. The proposal remains under review at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Meanwhile, dozens of lawmakers have argued that the FDA’s proposed rule goes beyond congressional intent, warning that the new restrictions would saddle pizza chains and other restaurants specializing in made-to-order dishes with major new costs.
But Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) are pushing back against that contention, arguing that they essentially wrote the provision, which was based on legislation they’d championed for nearly a decade.
Harkin and DeLauro say the proposed rule doesn’t go far enough.
The regulations, they say, were meant to apply not just to restaurants but to all manner of businesses that sell food, including movie theaters, amusement parks, bowling alleys and miniature golf courses.
The proposed rule, though, limits the new restrictions to businesses that use at least half of their floor space for the preparation, purchase, service, consumption or storage of food.
“As drafted, the definition in the proposed rule excludes many retail food establishments that Congress intended to cover in providing consumers with more information about the nutritional content of the food they buy and consume,” Harkin and DeLauro wrote in a letter to OMB Director Shaun Donovan.
The lawmakers also take exception with the proposal’s language governing the way restaurants determine the nutritional content of their foods.
That DeLauro dude is a real pain in the neck.
Commie control freaks.
These pig politicians should have their tax calorie consumption stamped on their #ing foreheads.
She’s a pain to even LOOK at!!!!
It’s not enough that you can get calorie booklets at almost any store under the sun.
When will these control freaks realize that it is vain to lead a horse that won’t drink to water.
Well there is one virtue to places like McDonald’s doing this. It becomes obvious that their food isn’t as calorie sinful as many liberals would make it out to be.
The cancerous commerce clause.
A pain and the neck and the ugliest dude to ever have lived on this planet. The stuff nightmares are made of. Sigourney Weaver wouldn’t even take on that crap.
She/it is also among the top 50 Richest members of Congress last I knew.
Half of all Congresscritters are below average.
Interesting. She didn’t put it into plastic surgery.
Maybe she did and this is the new-improved version
When the horse stomps them like the snakes they are.
You mean democrats didn’t bother reading the bill they passed? What would Captain Louis Renault say about this???
Totally agree. Anyone that’s watching their calorie intake knows what they’re getting into when dining out.
Take notice of the Democrat constituents at grocery checkout. All the food is labeled, but the fools are still obese.
Heck, my wife has an app for her phone that allows her to check the calories on just about anything edible - even digs down to specific brands/fast food joints.
This is more about exerting even more power and control over those who produce jobs and services.
Tol, I don’t mind people beating up the Dems over this, but it’s already done in Europe. You see a calorie count and a price for each menu item. It actually comes in quite handy when trying to figure out whether you actually save money by ordering a larger size (and results do vary).
I remember when the Dems demanded places like McDonald’s list calories. The calories turned out to be not nearly as bad as assumed. Although I only buy from the value meal. Cheeseburger (300), small fries (200) and diet coke (0) only 500 calories. For 3 bucks.
Heh, she’s not a dude, but she IS a ghoul. A blood-sucking commie ghoul.
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