Posted on 02/01/2015 3:05:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The command and control mandates of ObamaCare continue to cause unintended consequences for businesses.
In another example of government gone wild, the federal government is now forcing restaurants to post the calorie information of its menu items.
Late last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule under ObamaCare that requires retail food establishments with the same name and 20 or more locations to list calorie information for its standard menu offerings.
The regulation applies to many food retail operations including restaurants, delicatessens, supermarkets and movie theaters to name a few.
The goal of this regulatory effort is to combat obesity by providing calorie content of menu items for retail food operations to consumers.
By mandating retail food establishments to list nutritional information for its products, the government feels consumers will make healthier choices and this action is justified because a significant amount of food is consumed outside the home.
For FDA bureaucrats divorced from the real world, writing regulations like this makes sense but in the real world of retail food service it’s a nightmare.
While the calorie labeling standard for food retail outlets mandated by ObamaCare will likely make former nanny state New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg happy, it’s causing havoc for restaurant chains.
Domino’s Pizza explained the difficulty of complying with the regulation to The Washington Free Beacon.
According to the restaurant chain, the definition of a “menu” described in the regulation is so poorly written that a sign or a television advertisement could trigger the calorie information requirement.
The regulation is particularly burdensome for Domino’s because of the vast number of combinations a customer can order. In theory, each pizza combination must carry a calorie count.
Domino’s is justified in opposing this regulation because of the stiff penalties for violating the FDA’s edict.
In its usual heavy handed approach to regulation, failing to meet FDA’s requirement could result in government seizing the “misbranded” food, fines and jail.
Could you imagine going to jail for breaking the calorie labeling limit by putting too much pepperoni on a pizza?
The FDA regulation is a reminder that with ObamaCare the government has its nose under the health care tent and can interfere with all aspects of behavior.
Unintended? No such thing. They are fully aware of the amount of lobbying money the restaurant industry will have to pay as tribute to keep the regulators at bay.
In other words, surrender to the totalitarians.
Surrender? It is the law. No surrendering just doing what the law dictates.
Either fight it or acquiescence to it.
I wonder how many calories the lawmakers would get by kissing my a$$.
So don’t do it and get closed down? Yes that sounds awesome. We do have the Congress. Why don’t they get rid of the law? They can.....
Say, how long before the "pepperoni" on the Domino's logo become obamalogos?
Look at the numbers on the domino, a 2 and a 1. In Hebrew numbering, a bet and alef. A mirror of בא, that is to say... BO.
Some kind of omen/metaphor in there.
Poor Domino's, their patriotic red white and blue color scheme likely set off a few beast.gov demons.
Targeted on account ot COLOR??? at least it isnt being called RACESS!!
between his pen his phone...his ever presnt bottle or Panther WHizz..the cigarettes...Golf...and the strenuous weight workouts its hard to imagine when Obie has time to dream all these schemes up
oh thats right...hes just fed...orders....
BO is the perfect fall guy for the shadowy puppertmasters.
They’ll cut the strings and run, leaving this POS to twist in the wind.
It would be funny if we weren’t talking about the fate of the free world here.
You know the moslems eat their own. Too bad so sad!
The Sunni...Shiite...Wahabbi Super Bowl would be something to watch, wouldnt it.
Final Score...three way tie....few survivors!!!
What few survivors would perish in the next Hajj stampede.
It was the will of @llah.
Im thinking with the available technology....there night be some interesting methods ofor ah...directing traffic...during the next hadj
perhaps a Hologram of Mohammutt projected on the nighttime sky calling for all true believers to exit this moral coil post haste like....
this is INSPIRING...
sort of like being in on the inception of a new product line...like say..a “ Jihadi-Be-Gone”
perhaps Obie could be’
HEY the great muslim “APPRECIATER “ has never BEEN...TO a Hadj as far as I know???
Probably easier to just project porn up in the sky like searchlights. Projected over a steep cliff that is.
It would a scene kind of like those Gadarene swine.
Goats Gone WIld...part 1,2,...and 3!
Lol, probably few if any left after part 1.
Thanks for the ping!
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