Human Events
Obama's Food Police in Staggering Crackdown on Market to Kids 06/21/2011
[release]Tony the Tiger, some NASCAR drivers and cookie-selling Girl Scouts will be out of a job unless grocery manufacturers agree to reinvent a vast array of their products to satisfy the Obama administration’s food police.
Either retool the recipes to contain certain levels of sugar, sodium and fats, or no more advertising and marketing to tots and teenagers, say several federal regulatory agencies.
The same goes for restaurants.
It’s not just the usual suspected foods that are being targeted, such a thin mint cookies sold by scouts or M&Ms and Snickers, which sponsor cars in the Sprint Cup, but pretty much everything on a restaurant menu.
Although the intent of the guidelines is to combat childhood obesity, foods that are low in calories, fat, and some considered healthy foods, are also targets, including hot breakfast cereals such as oatmeal, pretzels, popcorn, nuts, yogurt, wheat bread, bagels, diet drinks, fruit juice, tea, bottled water, milk and sherbet.
Food industries are in an uproar over the proposal written by the Federal Trade Commission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“The most disturbing aspect of this interagency working group is, after it imposes multibillions of dollars in restrictions on the food industry, there is no evidence of any impact on the scourge of childhood obesity,” said Dan Jaffe, executive vice president of the Association of National Advertisers.
The “Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children, Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulation Efforts” says it is voluntary, but industry officials say the intent is clear: Do it, or else.
“When regulators strongly suggest a course of action, it’s treated as a rule, not a suggestion,” said Scott Faber, vice president of federal affairs for the Grocery Manufacturers Association. “Industry tends to heed these suggestions from our regulators, and this administration has made it clear they are willing to regulate if we don’t implement their proposal.”
It’s not just the food industry that will be impacted. Hundreds of television shows that depend on the advertising revenue, such as the Nickelodeon Channel, ESPN, and programs including "American Idol" will be affected, critics of the proposal say—at a cost of $5.8 trillion in marketing expenditures that support up to 20 million American jobs.
If the food is not reformulated, no more ads or promotions on TV, radio, in print, on websites, as well as other digital advertising such as e-mail and text messaging, packaging, and point-of-purchase displays and other in-store marketing tools; product placement in movies, videos, video games, contests, sweepstakes, character licensing and toy branding; sponsorship of events including sport teams and individual athletes; and, philanthropic activity tied to branding opportunities.
That includes softball teams that are sponsored by food companies and school reading programs sponsored by restaurants.
“The Interagency working group recommends that the food industry, through voluntary self-regulatory efforts, make significant improvements in the nutritional quality of foods marketed to children and adolescents ages 2 to 17 years,” the proposal says.
“By the year 2016, all food products within the categories most heavily marketed directly to children should meet two basic nutrition principles. Such foods should be formulated to … make a meaningful contribution to a healthful diet and minimize the content of nutrients that could have a negative impact on health and weight.”
The foods most heavily marketed directly to children and adolescents fall into 10 categories: “breakfast cereals, snack foods, candy, dairy products, baked goods, carbonated beverages, fruit juice and non-carbonated beverages, prepared foods and meals, frozen and chilled desserts, and restaurant foods.”
Beth Johnson, a dietician for Food Directions in Maryland, said many of the foods targeted in this proposal are the same foods approved by the federal government for the WIC nutrition program for women, infants and children.
“This doesn’t make any sense whatsoever,” Johnson said. “It’s not going to do anything to help with obesity. These are decisions I want to make for my kids. These should not be government decisions.”[/release]
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This is just tyrannical. I can not believe this.
Other sources:
FOX News (Blog): [url=http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/06/21/will-government-regulate-heart-clogging-foods-too]Will the Government Regulate Heart-clogging Foods Too?[/url] June 21, 2011
It should be the decision of the parents, not the government.
EDIT: Glaber this is the first time I agree with you on anything
this is momentous
What a fantastically reasonable article, from a source that is clearly not alarmist or biased in any way.
I know, health and shit, but god damn, just ripping more freedom away every passing year, first restricting the FUCK out of a lot of things and now pretty much banning those cool cartoon characters we used to know and love.
EDIT: what's next? the things you find in your grocery store? Vegan, organic and everything not made of meat or sugar is the future, trade your body for a toothpick.
FUCK YOUUUUUUUU
stop playing nanny-state
i hate how everyone has to suffer because a bunch of stupid assholes that aren't fit to be parents are complaining about the fact that little billy doesn't have a beach bod, but is rather fat instead.
itt dumb americans afraid of big government
You know a country isn't doing the best when the goverment has to step in to keep a bunch of retarted soccer moms from buying anything their precious little angel points at.
shitty source
What the hell? The kids that are growing up to be fat did so because their idiotic parents let them sit on the couch all day eating oreos and not because of a goddamn magical rabbit that exists only on paper. This will end up doing more harm than good. We will lose jobs just because parents are being lazy and not paying attention to whatever their kids are shoving in their mouths.
[QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;30624166]itt dumb americans afraid of big government[/QUOTE]
in this post, dumb american not afraid of nanny states
"human events
leading conservative media since 1944"
lol
For fuck's sake, this source has Anne Coulter as a frequent contributor, nominated Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin for "conservative of the year" awards, and published a list citing [i]The Origin of Species[/i] as one of the most harmful books of the 19th and 20th century.
And yet you people just buy right the fuck into it.
[QUOTE=Keegs;30624189]in this post, dumb american not afraid of nanny states[/QUOTE]
this is voluntary:
[release]The “Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children, Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulation Efforts” says [b]it is voluntary, but industry officials say the intent is clear: Do it, or else.[/b][/release]
I wouldn't want my kids growing up in a country that won't allow them to enjoy cartoon characters and good food.
By good food, I don't necessarily mean healthy food, I meant to have foods that they enjoy.
I agree if the FDA doesn't deem it as a serious threat now, they shouldn't be forced to change their recipe just because its unhealthy.
Dang lefties won't let kids be kids :bahgawd:
Oh fuck off, if I want to eat garbage I should be allowed to.
Immediately thought of this:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JizGkM6gbvQ&feature=related[/media]
This is dumb as fuck, you can't control how much someone eats, doesn't matter how 'healthy' it is. If they are going to eat a large amount then they are going to be heavy.
Every president in the last 100 years has expanded the reach of goverment. It is time for someone to limit and retract it.
[editline]22nd June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;30624166]itt dumb americans afraid of big government[/QUOTE]
DUMB AMERICAN WHO IS AFRAID THE GOVERMENT WILL STOP DOING EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE HERE.
blame the soccer moms who complain because they cannot fucking restrain themselves from buying johnny that bright and colorful box of cereal. Goodbye, sugary 1990's mornings.
[QUOTE=-Mud-;30624218]For fuck's sake, this source has Anne Coulter as a frequent contributor, nominated Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin for "conservative of the year" awards, and published a list citing [i]The Origin of Species[/i] as one of the most harmful books of the 19th and 20th century.
And yet you people just buy right the fuck into it.[/QUOTE]
Remember the time Glaber's source was some extreme-Right Canadian underground newspaper that had a 12-year-old secessionist from Texas as one of their contributors?
[QUOTE=Mingebox;30624422]Remember the time Glaber's source was some extreme-Right Canadian underground newspaper that had a 12-year-old secessionist from Texas as one of their contributors?[/QUOTE]
It's like he's set up some personal contest to find the shittiest source imaginable.
[editline]22nd June 2011[/editline]
Every time you think he's finally done it he pulls something completely out of left field and knocks you on your ass with the stupid.
so guys canadas a nice place to live
[QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;30624166]itt dumb americans afraid of big government[/QUOTE]
NO MAKING STUPID POSTS ON THE INTERNET
PEOPLE MIGHT MAKE FUN OF YOU AND THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAD
COULDN'T HAVE THAT
STOP MAKING STUPID POSTS OR ELSE
in my post i state fuck the government that is all
[editline]22nd June 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Ermac20;30624482]so guys canadas a nice place to live[/QUOTE]
fuck yeah it is
Alternative sources please.
But, But, But, But, But, I DON'T WANNA EAT HEALTHY!
Fuck them, if people want to eat McDonalds every day and get fat and die then let them. Why the fuck should the government care what I eat?
[QUOTE=-Mud-;30624116]What a fantastically reasonable article, from a source that is clearly not alarmist or biased in any way.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much this, I don't even think such articles should be posted.
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