Posted on 12/29/2010 1:54:45 PM PST by La Enchiladita
Coming soon to a grocery store near you: Those nutrition labels slapped on everything from cereal to soda pop will soon be required on packages of meat.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday morning that the new rule, slated to start Jan. 1 of 2012, requires that 40 of the most common cuts of poultry, pork, beef and lamb include labels that disclose to consumers the total number of calories, the number of calories from fat and the total grams of fat and saturated fat.
...The rule will apply to whole cuts of meat and poultry, including boneless chicken breast, tenderloin steak, and ground or chopped meat such as hamburger or turkey, said officials for USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
Looks to me like yet another bunch of bureaucrats went and put themselves on the Federal Agency To Be Deleted List.
...we can either do this the easy way, or we will just have to do it the HARD way......
Looks healthy to me.
How bout some wings and ribs on the side?
This'll drive the food Nazis nuts. Garlic bread blanketed with bacon salt.
Brain scans. Most of ‘em would fail.
mmmm.! yes that will do quite nicely. :) !!
FINALLY SOMEONE IS DOING THEIR JOB. THIS WILL HELP US ALOT WITH NO MORE SURPRISES. THIS WILL MAKE ME , NEIGHBORS,AND MY FRIENDS TO STAY HEALTHY. I DON;T KNOW WHAT TAKE THEM SO LONG TO MAKE NEW RULES, IS IT NEW LEADERSHIP?
Posted by: LEXUSRY | December 29, 2010 at 01:02 PM
Morons, freaking morons like this applaud. And probably ESL to boot, judging by the grammar.
How will they know what percentage of a cut of pork or chicken or tenderloin steak is un less they cut it all out or off or cook it down first?
Here is your regulator!
Are we going to have to slap a label on that cow?
How in the hell did this get by the Dept of Agriculture? Will they have to put labels on live cattle at the auction?
An egg is an egg. Beef is beef. Milk is milk. A grapefruit is a grapefruit. If you sell something just as God made it, why label it?
Using their logic, we’ll put MSDS sheets on firewood next.
I remember being in my favorite wine and cheese place after the first set of regs came into play and the cheesemonger almost forgot to add the nutrition label to the brie I was buying.
I don’t eat that one anymore. I found one with a higher fat content.
Hi there. I just got back from the market where I bought a half-dozen old fashioned DONUTS. I didn’t read the damn label. Can’t wait to have these with my steaming hot COFFEE in the morning.
“steaming hot COFFEE”
Good lord your dangerous! You be careful you crazy nut job.
Speaking of COWS ... and RUMPS....
Wow, the First Heifer is in no position to tell ME to diet!!
Have you tried the triple-cream brie from Trader Joe’s?
If you do, you won’t look back or be able to eat anything less.
DAYUM, that’s good!!
I know, I know.
I can’t seem to find my sunflower seeds when I need them.
Oh well....
YOU are welcome.
Remember this great scene from “Sleeper?”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070707/quotes?qt0231370
“Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called “wheat germ, organic honey and tiger’s milk.”
Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.
Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge?
Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy... precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.
Dr. Melik: Incredible.”
Sounds wonderful....I’ll be over :)
That’s the one!!!!!
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