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Supermarkets cry foul as FDA proposes new food labeling rule under ObamaCare
Fox News ^ | 2/6/13 | Shannon Bream

Posted on 02/06/2013 7:37:01 PM PST by Nachum

If the Food and Drug Administration gets its way, your trip to the grocery store could get a tad pricier. Supermarket owners argue a pending federal food-labeling rule that stems from the new health care law would overburden thousands of grocers and convenience store owners -- to the tune of $1 billion in the first year alone. (Snip) The rule stems from an ObamaCare mandate that restaurants provide nutrition information on menus. Most in the restaurant industry were supportive of the idea, but when the FDA decided to extend the provision to also affect thousands of supermarkets

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bullystate; fda; obamacare; supermarkets
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To: Nachum

To many fat arse DC bureaucrats with nuthin to do. Affirmative action babies and other numbskulls. Making $120 thousand plus each year.

So they pretend to do something useful (more useless onerous regulations) like this to protect the PUBLIK aka the SHEEPLE


21 posted on 02/07/2013 4:07:44 AM PST by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing --- Joe Pine)
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To: Terry Mross
There’s not enough profit to not pass it along.

What difference does it make? The law's the law.

22 posted on 02/07/2013 6:03:18 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?)
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To: Nachum

In the name of Obamacare. Much more to come and it’s all tied back to insurance. Didn’t I read something about gun owners have to have liability insurance??


23 posted on 02/07/2013 6:56:07 AM PST by sarasota
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To: matt04

This is a huge profit point for our local organic *co-ops*. The food bar/deli area becomes a hang out with tables, there are several jobs tied to the service and, of course, it allows the market to reduce wastage.

These places all accept EBT, too.

As far as I can tell, the regular grocery stores that have prepared food already have nutritional labels posted. Packaged foods, like take and bake pizza, also have nutritional labels. Not sure how the by-the-pound items will be labeled. Sounds like a PITA.


24 posted on 02/07/2013 10:47:13 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: Nachum
The FDA says much of ObamaCare is aimed at helping Americans live healthier lives, and these proposed labeling requirements would help them do just that. In the text of the proposed regulation, the FDA states: "[The information] should help consumers limit excess calorie intake and understand how the foods that they purchase at these establishments fit within their daily caloric and other nutritional needs."


25 posted on 02/07/2013 10:54:26 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
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To: Nachum; Eric Blair 2084; SheLion; Gabz; Hank Kerchief; 383rr; libertarian27; traviskicks; ...

Nanny State PING!

26 posted on 02/07/2013 4:10:24 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

27 posted on 02/07/2013 4:15:03 PM PST by SparkyBass
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To: Nachum

With all the extra time more and more Americans are experiencing being un and underemployed we will have more time to read all these nutritionals./sad-sarc

This will tear most store-made products out of local stores - manufacturers will pick up the slack and absorb the costs with pre-pack.
Made in Mexico - Soylent Green


28 posted on 02/07/2013 4:28:28 PM PST by libertarian27 (FreeRepublic Cookbooks 2011 & 2012 - Click Profile)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks for the ping!


29 posted on 02/07/2013 8:58:10 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Nachum
There's something new every day.

It would take an army of more than half the population of this formerly-great country to keep up with and counter the B.S. coming out of this administration.

30 posted on 02/08/2013 2:26:26 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: elkfersupper

The country still is great. We only need to brush off the horse-pucky this administration has dumped on us all.


31 posted on 02/08/2013 3:53:31 PM PST by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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