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I’d like to see per 100g standardized in a second column like it is done in Mexico so that you can actually compare products regardless of what they say their s

I’d like to see per 100g standardized in a second column like it is done in Mexico so that you can actually compare products regardless of what they say their serving size is (first column).

TylerE 3y ago
That makes way too much sense to ever actually happen.
- hdhdhsjsbdh 3y ago
  Why can something so simple and unobjectionable happen in other places but not the US? Your knee-jerk response is the same as my own, but I wonder to what extent the apathy/cynicism has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  - TylerE 3y ago
    Lobbyists and runaway corporate greed.
    - freddie_mercury 3y ago
      TIL corporations in Mexico aren't greedy and there is no lobbying/corruption...
    - robertlagrant 3y ago
      Blimey. We're just learning about the person that invented this type of labelling, in the US. And don't blame lobbyists; they should be lobbying, just as a public defender should be defending their client. The people deciding the wrong thing after all lobbying has happened are to blame, especially given they're funded by mandatory taxes.
ryandrake 3y ago
It’s ridiculous that companies are allowed to just conjure up a unit of measurement (the Serving) out of thin air purely to confuse the public.
- teraflop 3y ago
  Companies aren't allowed to choose whatever serving size they want. Serving sizes are governed by federal regulations drawn up by the FDA, which means they have the force of law. 21 CFR § 101.9(b) defines general procedures for determining serving sizes: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.9 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.9 21 CFR § 101.12 defines specific "reference amounts" for particular food categories: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.12 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.12 See, for instance, § 101.9(b)(6) which says: "A product that is packaged and sold individually that contains less than 200 percent of the applicable reference amount must be considered to be a single-serving container, and the entire content of the product must be labeled as one serving."
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I’d like to see per 100g standardized in a second column like it is done in Mexico so that you can actually compare products regardless of what they say their serving size is (first column).

TylerE 3y ago

That makes way too much sense to ever actually happen.

hdhdhsjsbdh 3y ago
Why can something so simple and unobjectionable happen in other places but not the US? Your knee-jerk response is the same as my own, but I wonder to what extent the apathy/cynicism has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- TylerE 3y ago
  Lobbyists and runaway corporate greed.
  - freddie_mercury 3y ago
    TIL corporations in Mexico aren't greedy and there is no lobbying/corruption...
  - robertlagrant 3y ago
    Blimey. We're just learning about the person that invented this type of labelling, in the US. And don't blame lobbyists; they should be lobbying, just as a public defender should be defending their client. The people deciding the wrong thing after all lobbying has happened are to blame, especially given they're funded by mandatory taxes.

ryandrake 3y ago

It’s ridiculous that companies are allowed to just conjure up a unit of measurement (the Serving) out of thin air purely to confuse the public.

teraflop 3y ago
Companies aren't allowed to choose whatever serving size they want. Serving sizes are governed by federal regulations drawn up by the FDA, which means they have the force of law. 21 CFR § 101.9(b) defines general procedures for determining serving sizes: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.9 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.9 21 CFR § 101.12 defines specific "reference amounts" for particular food categories: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.12 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.12 See, for instance, § 101.9(b)(6) which says: "A product that is packaged and sold individually that contains less than 200 percent of the applicable reference amount must be considered to be a single-serving container, and the entire content of the product must be labeled as one serving."
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