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

Yeah, yeah, for four billion your can build 400 snazzy schools. But like
most school districts, you would then be out of money for the teachers.


The whole idea of proper food labeling is to educate people regarding,
well, food. Seems to me that there are enough fat people rolling around
in this country that have not a clue about what's in what they are
eating. For example, big manufacturers label that says NO FAT, only
points out in fine print that it is high in calories. Education in food
is just as important as in the classrom.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and
avoid the people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener