Posted on 02/27/2014 11:22:30 AM PST by NormsRevenge
First Lady Michelle Obama has unveiled plans for the most sweeping overhaul of nutrition labels on US food packages in more than two decades.
Calorie counts will appear in larger, bolder type, and consumers will know for the first time whether foods have added sugars.
Under the Obama administration's plan, labels will also feature more realistic descriptions of a serving.
It is not clear whether the food industry will support the proposals. 'Families deserve better'
"You as a parent and a consumer should be able to walk into your local grocery store, pick up an item off the shelf and be able to tell whether it's good for your family," said Mrs Obama at the White House event on Thursday.
She added: "I know there will be many opinions on what this label should look like, but I think that we all can agree that families deserve more and better information about the food they eat."
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'Thoughtful review'
Mrs Obama made the announcement as part of her Let's Move initiative to combat child obesity, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary.
The proposals are open for a 90-day comment period and would be expected to take at least two years to implement, if approved.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents the nation's largest food companies, described it as a "thoughtful review", though it did not say whether it would back the plan.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Can't wait 'til Beyonce does a PSA with her and their juvenile mates.
Obama Administration contents
100% BS
no calories
no sugar
no fat
MMmm MMmm Goooood.
Does she hold an elective office that allows her to propose legislation?
If she is, this sounds like a violation of the Hatch Act.
Well, she’s *deemed* her exercise plan a success so she’ll probably deem the label policy be done, too.
And yet we will never be allowed to see whether GMO product is in our food. Gotta save Monsanto, you know.
I tell you what if they were to put an image of her or her husband on items I liked I would avoid the item. I no longer drink Pepsi because the logos reminds me of O.
I guess Valerie’s plate is already full, secret negotiations with Iran and all.
I hear tho.
Unfortunately, Capitol Hill is preoccupied with more important things, like figuring out ways to smooch up to illegals and gays.
They care. They reaaaallllly care.
Does she hold elective office? No, but she has a pen and a telephone.
Food labeling:
Who made it
Where they made it
when they made it
“You as a parent and a consumer should be able to walk into your local grocery store, pick up an item off the shelf and be able to tell whether it’s good for your family,”
You can already do that you MORON.
More government interference to cause more job loss.
This handout image provide by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows, from left, a current food nutrition label, a proposed label and an alternate label. Revamped food nutrition labels would change serving sizes for popular items like ice cream and sodas, make calories listing more prominent, and, for the first time, list any sugars that were added by the manufacturer. The overhaul of the omnipresent 20 year-old label comes as science has shifted. (AP Photo/FDA)
If I may ask a question...Will the “new, more informative” food packaging labels be readable and understandable by the products of today’s American Public School System?
Will there be Security cameras in every supermarket to ascertain that the customer does INDEED read each and every label?
Will note be made of those people to ignore the reading of the labels.
How many languages will the labels be written in? In a diverse society like this is supposed to be, it may well be unlawful to DISCRIMINATE against a person unable to read English.
Will each supermarket be required to have a service desk where customers may peruse the labels in any of 50 varying languages? People do have “rights”.
Mo useless work for the useless eaters getting bloated Federale paychecks because >>>>>
It’s all about gettin paid while conservatives and average private sector Americans do the paying and get defunded by the Federal octopus whose only purpose is to eat more of the private sector and get bigger
Just another wealth trasnfer from the private productive sector to the parasite sector
I guess she feels entitled since her husband has done it with no repercussions. What is to stop either of them!!
I am so very tired of this crap!!
You as a parent and a consumer should be able to walk into your local grocery store, pick up an item off the shelf and be able to tell whether it’s good for your family,” said Mrs Obama at the White House event on Thursday.
Hey, Booboo...you can do that now.
Provided you can read, of course.
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