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Don't forget ingredient lists, nutritional information labels, and the newer reference intake labels. Take a look at any alcoholic beverage to see what happens

Don't forget ingredient lists, nutritional information labels, and the newer reference intake labels. Take a look at any alcoholic beverage to see what happens when such labels are voluntary. Material Safety Data Sheets is another regulation that manufacturers are forced to follow but is pretty damn useful for end consumers also.

exergy 7y ago
There is a certain, rather vocal, section of HN that seems prone to having a knee-jerk reaction against all regulatory behaviour. They seem to pop up a lot in threads like these, or those related to free speech etc. I see the case for minimising regulations in some contexts, but there are definitely strong cases for the government to come down with the force of an anvil in other contexts.
- cam_l 7y ago
  It's kind of funny, for a bunch of people who ostensibly look for edge cases all day. Then they want simple one case fits all solution to a complex or intractable problem (and usually the same solution, regardless of the problem).
- Clubber 7y ago
  In an ideal world, all government regulations are well thought out and limited to things that are minimally invasive to the citizen, and still allow the citizen to be free to make a choice. Nutrition labels are a good example of this. In the real world, many regulations are influenced by corporations to serve their own interests. The food pyramid is an example of this. Anyone aware of the latter should be skeptical of any proposed regulation, especially in the US. Is it in the best interest of the populace, or was it influenced to be in the best interest of a lobbying organization?
blaser-waffle 7y ago
> Take a look at any alcoholic beverage to see what happens when such labels are voluntary. Amen. I did keto for a couple of years and was shocked at the amount of carbs and added sugar.

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Don't forget ingredient lists, nutritional information labels, and the newer reference intake labels. Take a look at any alcoholic beverage to see what happens

by Aengeuad 7y ago

exergy 7y ago
There is a certain, rather vocal, section of HN that seems prone to having a knee-jerk reaction against all regulatory behaviour. They seem to pop up a lot in threads like these, or those related to free speech etc. I see the case for minimising regulations in some contexts, but there are definitely strong cases for the government to come down with the force of an anvil in other contexts.
- cam_l 7y ago
  It's kind of funny, for a bunch of people who ostensibly look for edge cases all day. Then they want simple one case fits all solution to a complex or intractable problem (and usually the same solution, regardless of the problem).
- Clubber 7y ago
  In an ideal world, all government regulations are well thought out and limited to things that are minimally invasive to the citizen, and still allow the citizen to be free to make a choice. Nutrition labels are a good example of this. In the real world, many regulations are influenced by corporations to serve their own interests. The food pyramid is an example of this. Anyone aware of the latter should be skeptical of any proposed regulation, especially in the US. Is it in the best interest of the populace, or was it influenced to be in the best interest of a lobbying organization?
blaser-waffle 7y ago
> Take a look at any alcoholic beverage to see what happens when such labels are voluntary. Amen. I did keto for a couple of years and was shocked at the amount of carbs and added sugar.