On 2015-03-21 19:57, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/21/2015 5:31 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> When I went in to my local Dutch butcher this morning to pick up my
>> weekly order I was told that bad news that they are closing down. They
>> are victims of bureaucracy. He told me that the government told him he
>> had to put nutrition labels on all his products, and he cannot afford to
>> do that. Dang. There is no one around who sells bacon and other pork
>> products as good and as cheaply as his stuff.
>>
>> The good news is that he is going to be working in a shop with some of
>> his friends and they will put me on their list for special orders.
>>
>
> It is important to know that bacon has sodium and fat. Without that
> nutrition label we would not know that and could not decide if we should
> eat it.
>
> You'd think there would be some sort of exemption for small producers,
> but the government knows what is best for us.

There should be an exception for foods for people who who should know
better but don't care. There have been issues with some of the fast food
places. You would be hard pressed to convince me that the people who eat
McDonalds and similar crap don't know that it is no a healthy diet, or
that they would do anything useful with the information.