On 3/23/2015 12:00 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 11:31:56 AM UTC-4, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>
>> The small business exemption covers that, too:
>
> Dave Smith and his butcher are in Canada. Are you quoting
> Canadian regs?
>

Whoops, you got me there. I made the USA-centric assumption that he
was in the US. I have no idea what Canada requires of its food
industries. Lessee what Google says:

5.3 Exemptions [B.01.401(2)]
The following products are exempt from displaying a Nutrition Facts table:

....raw, single ingredient meat, meat by-product, poultry meat, and
poultry meat by-product;

NOTE: prepackaged ground meat, ground meat by-product, ground poultry meat
and ground poultry meat by-product must always carry a Nutrition Facts
table
[B.01.401(3)(d)].

....foods sold only in the retail establishment where the product is
prepared and
processed, including products made from a pre-mix when an ingredient
other than water is added to the pre-mix;


So Dave's butcher was correct - in Canada, he has to provide nutrition
labeling for his ground meat products. Also, according this guide to
US vs Canadian Labeling Regulations, "In Canada, there are no
exemptions for small businesses."
http://www.aamp.com/documents/Sillik...egulations.pdf

My apologies to Dave and his butcher.