Should people enforce the labeling law?
Have you ever wondered how many calories are in your food? The answer for most people would most likely be no, people don’t really want to worry about what they are eating and are going to get it anyway. A labeling law is a legally required tag or label on new items showing you how many calories the item has. People use the labeling law so they can see how many calories a food item has. I personally do not believe that anyone in the food industry should be required to post calorie information. In addition, the cost for this law would be way too expensive for small food places if they normally put out new food items like grocery stores, or bakeries. According to the text Why should posting calorie information be required? “ Even the Food and Drug Administration admits the cost for business could be over 300 million. Because of this high cost, the effectiveness of this law needs to be considered“ This shows that the law should be considered for places like grocery stores who change items daily and that consist of baked goods and prepared food.
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The text Why should posting calorie information be required? says “For example, a study published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that even though items on a menu were labeled with calorie content, the labeling did not affect consumer choices. People still ordered what they originally wanted.” This shows that most people don’t read what the calorie labels are and that they normally get what they were going to get. This also shows that putting the calories would be a waste of money and a waste of