LOS ANGELES - Uncle Sam wants you to know more about what you're eating.
The Food and Drug Administration wants to revise the nutrition facts label — that breakdown fats, salts, sugars and nutrients on packaging — to give consumers more useful information and help fight the national obesity epidemic.
A proposal is in the works to change several parts of the label, including more accurate serving sizes, a greater emphasis on calories and a diminished role in the daily percent values for substances like fat, sodium and carbohydrates.
It's the latest attempt to improve the way Americans view food and make choices about what they eat, and comes in the wake of major advances in nutrition regulations by the Obama administration.
The FDA is just another in a long list of government agencies that should have their budgets cut by 50% and have their authority restricted.
ReplyDeleteCome on. Do you really think that people will stop eating so much if the labels are revamped? If it tastes good we will stuff our faces, no matter what the label says.
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ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing. Those that actually take the time to look at the label are the ones that know what everything means on them.