On Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 2:31:38 PM UTC-7, 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.

Nutrition labels for meats are pretty standard.
I dont see how buying a bunch of printed stickers would put him out of business.

He could probably comply with the law by putting up posters with the nutrition information on them.

He needs to investigate further and not just give up.

Would you and his other customers be willing to pay a nickle more to pay for the labels??

That's about what they would cost.

On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:11:34 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 2:31:38 PM UTC-7, 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.
>
>Nutrition labels for meats are pretty standard.
>I dont see how buying a bunch of printed stickers would put him out of business.
>
>He could probably comply with the law by putting up posters with the nutrition information on them.

Fresh meats don't have nutrition labels, no need, there's nothing
added... it's only processed/cured meats that have nutrition labels.

On 3/21/2015 8:11 PM, ImStillMags wrote:

> He needs to investigate further and not just give up.
>
> Would you and his other customers be willing to pay a nickle more to pay for the labels??
>
> That's about what they would cost.
>


It is not just the cost of the label, it is getting whatever analysis
you need to certify the content.

On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 17:11:34 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>On Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 2:31:38 PM UTC-7, 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.
>
>Nutrition labels for meats are pretty standard.

I don't think ordinary meat requires it?

>I dont see how buying a bunch of printed stickers would put him out of business.
>
>He could probably comply with the law by putting up posters with the nutrition information on them.
>
>He needs to investigate further and not just give up.

I would surely think somebody doesnt simply give up on their business
and career without a decent amount of investigation...

>Would you and his other customers be willing to pay a nickle more to pay for the labels??
>
>That's about what they would cost.

The lables themselves are the least of the problem - it's getting to
the point where you can put the lables on that's the problem.