butch burton wrote:
>
> Interesting article in NYT saying the cost of the new mandatory food
> labels will cost an additional $4 billion-applies to meat, fish, some
> veggies and peanuts. Food is a tiny part of my living expense but to
> some lower income large families, it is a very significant part of
> their living expenses and here we go raising their food cost. Yeah it
> would be nice to know my beef brisket came from a cow raised in Keokuk
> IA, processed in Ames IA and so forth but at the cost of $ 4
> billion-wow we could build 400 really snazzy schools (@ $10 million
> each) for $ 4 Billion-now wonder which would do more good.
>
> For those who subscribe (it's free) to the NYT-great food colums-here
> is the article's address.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...od-Labels.html

That labelling has been in effect in the European Union for many years.
No one even noticed the penny or two it added to food items in the
beginning. That's only an initial cost. People there want to know where
the food comes from, so they can make informed choices.

In any event that 'extra' money if labelling didn't go into effect would
disappear into thin air. No schools or other essential services would be
implemented anyway. So don't sweat it.