US Food Policy: If you could change one thing...

Beet_Girl

If you could change one thing about US food policy, what would it be and why?

Examples: labeling of GMOs, FDA approval of supplements, SNAP benefits, ect.

dgkt

Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

toddis

Oh this one is going to be interesting...


But, i'm in with better labeling.

navyrigger46

Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

^^^^This, right here^^^^

Rigger

ztaitaifufu

give all the current subsidies to organic farmers / outlaw GMOs, (even russia's doing it)

Beet_Girl

Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

^^^^This, right here^^^^

Rigger

Why get rid of the FDA?

beachgod

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D_squareG

Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

jen_zz

Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

Yup, accurate ones too.

DrMAvDPhD

Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

Yup, accurate ones too.

So much this. Regardless of chain or not. They know what they're putting in it shouldn't be that hard. And let's be honest, if they had to start reporting calorie counts and sodium content a lot of places would stop the abuse of butter and salt in their recipes.

kyherber

Update the Federal Government's basic food pyramid/my plate standards to include more fats (especially saturated fats), less grains, and de-emphasize non-fermented dairy products. Also, make sugar and omega-3 fatty acids (found in oils made from corn, soy, sunflower, vegetable, safflower, etc.) public enemies number one and two.

tomomatic

Invest funds to creating Star Trek inspired food replicators. World hunger problem solved.



If you're going to dream, dream big.

aliencheesecake

Ax Monsanto and any other sneaky legislation like it.

Sabresgal63

Cut the salt levels in most processed foods by half or 75 percent because foods do not need to be that salty.....ever......

IPAkiller

Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

^^^^This, right here^^^^

Rigger

^^^ EXACTLY (sharpens pitch fork on bench grinder)

tigersword

Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

Yup, accurate ones too.

So much this. Regardless of chain or not. They know what they're putting in it shouldn't be that hard. And let's be honest, if they had to start reporting calorie counts and sodium content a lot of places would stop the abuse of butter and salt in their recipes.

The reason it's only required for chain restaurants is because it's expensive to have the testing done to determine the calorie count, and that could seriously shut down smaller mom and pop restaurants.

Fitnin6280

give all the current subsidies to organic farmers / outlaw GMOs, (even russia's doing it)

Yes great idea, and in the process you will effectively put small farmers out of business, increase poverty, and add to world hunger!! Great idea!!!!!!

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Acg67

give all the current subsidies to organic farmers / outlaw GMOs, (even russia's doing it)

That's silly and Russia just rounded up stray dogs in sochi and killed them, should we do that as well?

somefitsomefat

Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

Yup, accurate ones too.

So much this. Regardless of chain or not. They know what they're putting in it shouldn't be that hard. And let's be honest, if they had to start reporting calorie counts and sodium content a lot of places would stop the abuse of butter and salt in their recipes.

The reason it's only required for chain restaurants is because it's expensive to have the testing done to determine the calorie count, and that could seriously shut down smaller mom and pop restaurants.

Couldn't they just add up the values of the ingredients?

WendyTerry420

The one thing I would change is get the federal government OUT of it!

Acg67

Less nannystatism, more personal responsibility

WendyTerry420

Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

^^^^This, right here^^^^

Rigger

^^^ EXACTLY (sharpens pitch fork on bench grinder)

*gathering rails, bags of feathers, and buckets of tar*

Fitnin6280

Less nannystatism, more personal responsibility

This!!!!!

seltzermint555

Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

Yup, accurate ones too.

REALLY like this idea

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LC458

Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

This^^ and outlaw GMOs

Thats more than 1 thing I realize but the food policy needs a serious overhaul of changes

DamianaKitten

Honest labeling. No redefining what a food is (as the milk industry is attempting) so that you can add a bunch of stuff into something and call it "100%!" <_<

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PaleoPath4Lyfe

Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

Yup, accurate ones too.

So much this. Regardless of chain or not. They know what they're putting in it shouldn't be that hard. And let's be honest, if they had to start reporting calorie counts and sodium content a lot of places would stop the abuse of butter and salt in their recipes.

Most restaurants don't use butter in their recipes...............they use cheap seed oils such as canola, corn, soy, etc.

There is nothing wrong with butter in the least.

Cathi888

Reopen slaughter houses for horses and let the needy have some protein. If they are really hungry, they will eat it. They have come around to eating venison.