[JRandomFreeper]

So, what part of the Constitution gives the Federal Government the right to regulate the naming or characterization of food-stuffs?

That looks like a State function or a tort, from my point of view.

/johnny

[Artemis Webb]

"That looks like a State function or a tort, from my point of view."

Well since you bring it up: Olive oil is shipped across state lines. You obviously can't have 50 different labels for a product. This would fall under "providing for interstate commerce", which is a Constitutional requirement.

Thanks for playin'.

[narses]

So, what part of the Constitution gives the Federal Government the right to regulate the naming or characterization of food-stuffs?

Section 8, and I quote:

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

[narses]

So, what part of the Constitution gives the Federal Government the right to regulate the naming or characterization of food-stuffs?

Article 8, to quote:

... and fix the standard of weights and measures;

[narses]

So, what part of the Constitution gives the Federal Government the right to regulate the naming or characterization of food-stuffs?

Article 8, to quote:

... and fix the standard of weights and measures;

[narses]

So, what part of the Constitution gives the Federal Government the right to regulate the naming or characterization of food-stuffs?

Section 8, and I quote:

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;