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

Beet_Girl
Beet_Girl Posts: 102
in Food and Nutrition
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.
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  • dgkt
    dgkt Posts: 57 Member
    Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
    Oh this one is going to be interesting...
    Tin_Foil_Hat.jpg

    But, i'm in with better labeling.
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

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

    Rigger
  • ztaitaifufu
    ztaitaifufu Posts: 77 Member
    give all the current subsidies to organic farmers / outlaw GMOs, (even russia's doing it)
  • Beet_Girl
    Beet_Girl Posts: 102
    Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

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

    Rigger

    Why get rid of the FDA?
  • beachgod
    beachgod Posts: 567 Member
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  • D_squareG
    D_squareG Posts: 361 Member
    Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

    Yup, accurate ones too.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    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
    kyherber Posts: 5 Member
    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
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    Invest funds to creating Star Trek inspired food replicators. World hunger problem solved.

    KlingonFoodInReplicator.jpg

    If you're going to dream, dream big.
  • aliencheesecake
    aliencheesecake Posts: 569 Member
    Ax Monsanto and any other sneaky legislation like it.
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    Cut the salt levels in most processed foods by half or 75 percent because foods do not need to be that salty.....ever......
  • IPAkiller
    IPAkiller Posts: 711 Member
    Get rid of the FDA & subsidies for corn &soy

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

    Rigger
    ^^^ EXACTLY (sharpens pitch fork on bench grinder)
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    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
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
    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!!!!!!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    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
    somefitsomefat Posts: 445 Member
    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
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    The one thing I would change is get the federal government OUT of it!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Less nannystatism, more personal responsibility
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    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
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
    Less nannystatism, more personal responsibility

    This!!!!!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Require all restaurants to post nutritional information on their menus.

    Yup, accurate ones too.

    REALLY like this idea
  • LC458
    LC458 Posts: 300 Member
    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
    DamianaKitten Posts: 479 Member
    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%!" <_<
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    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
    Cathi888 Posts: 37 Member
    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.
  • somefitsomefat
    somefitsomefat Posts: 445 Member
    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?

    So, you guys want an agency that goes around testing and monitoring all over the country so you can count your calories. Lol. Ridiculous. There are bigger fish to fry in the economy. Setting up a bureaucracy is not something I support.

    Meh, I don't know about all that. Maybe if it pisses you off enough since you seem to be sensitive about the issue. I was just pointing out how easy it would be for mom and pops to just add up the calories of the ingredients of the meals they serve. As far as oversight I say use whatever is in place already or maybe pass the duty off to the health inspector to make sure something is posted. It's probably not nearly as complicated or as expensive as you're making it out to be.
  • fuhrmeister
    fuhrmeister Posts: 1,796 Member
    I jsut ingnore the FDA's recomendations and do my own research. It's not the governemtns job to tell me what to eat, to tell farmers what to grow or tell resteraunts what to post on their menus. People need to be more responsable for themselves and stop expecthing their goverment to think for them.
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    I would get rid of all farmer subsidies. (...)
    All (powerful) governments subsidize agriculture heavily. It's a matter of national security, not "nannystatism".

    As long as countries will occasionally go to war it is necessary to make sure that commercial relations can be broken off with any country and at any time without creating a famine.

    As to changing one thing (assuming that legalization doesn't fall under food policies) I would go with stricter labeling laws for health supplements.

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