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This has nothing to do with "health nannies". It's another attack on the craft brewing industry, and at the back of it you will find the big breweries or the tavern association. Here in Montana, the microbreweries have been under constant attack by the tavern association which seems to think that they are losing a significant amount of trade to the brew pubs which are not subject to the same liquor license rules as a bar, though they are very restricted. They can for example only be open until 8:00 PM, they can't serve any drinks that they do not produce in house, no gambling, and a 3 drink limit.

A rule such as the one described here ALWAYS has a special interest behind it, and is always an attack in disguise. You can combat this sort of thing behind the scenes with diplomacy, never actually touching on the corruption, or you can grab the bull by the horns, and making a big scandal with charges of corruption, etc. By far the best way is to work behind the scenes, letting them connect the dots and leaving them a way out, a "graceful exit strategy". It needs to be done NOW, and relentlessly. The "George Bush Strategy" of bombastic words and naked threats is the worst of all strategies. Threats, accusations, and public scandal are the last resort, not the first.


H.W.
 
The "health nannies?" thread title was sarcasm, from the first line of the article. I would assume this is about money, not health. As most things are.
 
The "health nannies?" thread title was sarcasm, from the first line of the article. I would assume this is about money, not health. As most things are.

The whole thing looks pretty improbable..... In the article they talk about the FDA as if it were a state agency, not a federal one. For the FDA to do this they have to go through a rule making process, nor does the FDA hand down edicts to restaurants. They don't operate at that level as far as I know. Is there a state agency under the same name in New York? If this were real, we would be hearing about it from all over the country, not just the New York Post....... It really does sound bogus to me. There ought to be a major nation wide uproar........

H.W.
 
For the FDA to do this they have to go through a rule making process, nor does the FDA hand down edicts to restaurants.

Actually the FDA did go through a rule making process. It's called the "Food Labeling: Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments" rule. The rule was published a year ago and is scheduled to go into effect Dec. 2016.

It applies to chain restaurants (defined as 20 more locations). Basically standard menu items at these establishments must provide certain nutrition information. This includes beer if it is on the menu. There's an exception for "seasonal" items, defined as being offered for <60 days.

What's not entirely clear is exactly what this information must be based on, as the law mentions using ranges instead of exact values in some cases and using a database instead of actual analysis.
 
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