Baylen Linnekin: The FDA’s Menu-Labeling Mistake

Earlier this
week, the FDA released
rules that will force food sellers around the country to
provide point-of-sale calorie information to consumers. The
rules cover chain
restaurants, vending machines, “movie theaters, sports stadiums,
amusement parks, bowling alleys and miniature golf courses that
serve prepared foods.” The rules apply to foods and
beverages—including beer, wine, and spirits—sold at these
places.

Big deal? Not if you ask Bloomberg News reporter Anna Edney,
who suggests this
is just a case of the federal government “catch[ing] the rest of
the country up to what cities like New York have already done.”

Just what has the rest of the country been missing? Does
mandatory menu labeling work? No, argues Baylen Linnekin, who
writes that even one of its most ardent supporter doesn’t seem to
think so.

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