Enough!! State and local governments are already telling restaurants what kind of oils they may use to cook food, whether they may allow customer smoking, and a host of other intrusive dictates instead of letting the marketplace work as it should. If a majority of customers and potential customers stop frequenting a restaurant because of the way the food is prepared or because smoking is permitted, the restaurant will make a reasonable choice based on what the public prefers. But these choices should not be compelled by government (federal, state or local) fiat.
Now a provision in the Obama Health Care Bill before Congress would require (that's require) posting of nutritional information on menus and menu boards, even menu boards at the drive-thru windows of fast food establishments. In additional to being a further intrusion of government into private business, this provision is rather ridiculous. I mean, are most customers, especially at fast food places, really going to read how many calories and what vitamins and minerals their hamburger contains? Doubt it. . . . . But, it's in the Bill. Read on.
Health Care Bill Mandates That Restaurants Display Nutrition Information on Menus
By Edwin Mora CNS News - Monday, August 24, 2009(CNSNews.com) – Restaurant chains with 20 or more stores would be required to display nutrition information, including calorie counts and “suggested daily caloric intake” on their menus, under a mandate contained in the health-care reform bill drafted by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
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