On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:56:58 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 3/23/2015 7:47 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>> On 3/21/2015 4:31 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.
>>
>> I call bullshit on his claim. The government grants a small business
>> exemption for ground meat products:
>>
>> "to qualify for the small business exemption for ground or chopped
>> products, a retail store must either be a single retail store or a
>> multi-retail
>> store operation that employs 500 or fewer people and produces no more
>> than 100,000 pounds of each ground product per year".
>>
>> And as for intact meat cuts, the business has the option of putting a
>> label on the package *or* displaying a poster with the nutrition
>> information *or* providing pamphlets with that information.
>
>I wonder if he sells other than meats. My butcher makes all
>kinds of prepared dinners and sides, besides meat and their
>sausages. I think it must be a big part of their business as
>it takes up half the counter space in the store. It can't be
>easy to provide nutritional info for that stuff, never mind that
>it's probably a rotating selection.
>
>Just a thought.
>
>nancy

In the US plain fresh meat needs no nutrition label, none
whatsoever... stupidmarket packaged fresh meat labels will indicate
the cut, the price, the weight and that it's USDA inspected, that's
it[period] If USDA Graded it will indicate such but grading is
voluntary. However butcher shops that sell meat to order, wrapped in
plain butcher paper and a paper bag require NO labeling, none
whatsoever. Only factory sealed processed/cured meats require
nutritive labeling, and typically very vague; like water added, saline
solution added, etc. Buy sliced to order bologna from the deli and
the only information on the label will be name of product, weight,
price, and date[period] Most stand alone delis use no labels
whatsoever, they tell you the price and hand you your change (if any)
is all... buy a ham n' cheese on rye at a deli and there will be NO
label, none required. That's in the US, I don't know the vaguaries of
the Canucks.