That seems to be a mantra of the Trump Administration, in things great and small.
In the latter category, I give you the FDA kicking the can an indefinitely length down the road for their revised nutrition labeling requirements. The requirements have been out over a year, and the first implementation wasn't scheduled for another year yet, and that only for the biggest Big Food manufacturers.
I really don't get it. Every food company I know of changes their labels on a regular basis anyway — updating logos, tweaking designs, etc. I simply find it beyond any level of reasonableness that updating the formatting and layout of the nutrition part of the label will have any significant production or cost impact, esp. given the lead time provided.
Originally shared by +Consumerist:
Only weeks after food industry lobbyists asked the Food and Drug Administration to delay the starting date for revised Nutrition Facts labels, their wish has been granted. The FDA has announced it plans to kick this can down the road by extending these…
FDA Decides To Delay New Nutrition Labels Until Some Vague Point In The Future
Only weeks after food industry lobbyists asked the Food and Drug Administration to delay the starting date for revised Nutrition Facts labels, their wish has been granted. The FDA has announced it …
On its best day, the FDA is toothless; on its worst day, it's just as corrupt as the rest of our government.