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Default Legislation Banning Salt in Food in New York City

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:57:13 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Damaeus wrote:
>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/...alt-ban-absurd
>>
>> Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a
>> bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would
>> ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.
>>
>> "No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in
>> any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers
>> of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the
>> premises of such restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A.
>> 10129, states in part.
>>
>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/...alt-ban-absurd
>>
>>
>> There's more at the article, but I didn't want to go to jail for
>> arranging your monitor's pixels in a way that would cause Fox News to
>> lose millions and millions of dollars in revenue.
>>
>> Anyway... what do you think?

>
>I think they're being friggin ridiculous and it has about as much chance
>of standing as Jersey's 'runny egg' law.
>
>nancy


I don't know, this is getting a great deal of play in our news as
well. Seems a poll was done and 72% of recipients said no to the salt.