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> Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations under section 553 of title 5, United States Code
by saurik 3y ago
> Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to prohibit any manufacturer from engaging in shrinkflation.
So, this is a law which states that there SHALL be regulation--who knows what form--to solve a problem that, for all we know, can't be solved in any reasonable way... but once this law is passed, there will be a new regulatory process (I guess in this case attached to the existing agency, though watch there be new people hired to concentrate on this specific issue) which won't care if their ideas are pointless or harmful as they are legally mandated to exist?
I'd like to see a meta-law which prevents Congress from kicking the can down the road like this; if they don't know how to regulate something, they should form a subcommittee to investigate the problem and come up with a concrete solution that can be considered and voted on: it simply shouldn't be possible for them to make a law which says nothing more than "we all agree we hate X and so someone in the executive branch SHALL solve it for us within two years"... legislating should be the job of the legislative branch!
- silisili 3y agoEven if you can't prevent it directly, you could regulate labeling and shaming like Carrefour did[0]. Even better if you require companies to put big gaudy warnings on their products themselves when shrank(and replacing the previous size) like cigarette companies. 0 - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/14/carrefour-puts-shrinkflation-price-warnings-on-food-to-shame-brands https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/14/carrefour-p...
- compsciphd 3y agothis is what most countries that have this do. If mandated surgeon general warnings on alcohol and tobacco products are legal, I'm not sure why such a mandated warning here wouldn't be.
- euroderf 3y agoIf Chevron is overturned, this will be more grist for the mill.