3 Chains pull nutritional info

[Toliver]

"3 fast-food chains in NYC yank calorie info"

The move was a reaction to a new regulation that will make the city [NYC] the first in the country to require eateries to list calorie counts in the most prominent place possible: on their brightly-lit menu boards, right next to the price.

In an attempt to make the rule apply only to big, national fast-food chains, health officials decreed that the regulation would apply only to restaurants that were already making calorie information available voluntarily.

By pulling the nutritional info available to everyone (not just residents of NYC), they are getting around the proposed NYC menu legislation.

It's a sort of a reverse of the saying "cutting off your nose to spite your face".

Do we fault the chains for this reaction?

Have the NYC politicians/officials gone too far?

I know when I walk into a McDonald's and order a Big Mac, I'm not getting health food. I know it's full of fat and everything else that's not good for me. They can post all the caloric info on the menus that they want, it won't deter me or impact my ordering. I'm there for a reason and saving calories isn't it.

[JanMcBaker]

"3 fast-food chains in NYC yank calorie info"

The move was a reaction to a new regulation that will make the city [NYC] the first in the country to require eateries to list calorie counts in the most prominent place possible: on their brightly-lit menu boards, right next to the price.

In an attempt to make the rule apply only to big, national fast-food chains, health officials decreed that the regulation would apply only to restaurants that were already making calorie information available voluntarily.

By pulling the nutritional info available to everyone (not just residents of NYC), they are getting around the proposed NYC menu legislation.

It's a sort of a reverse of the saying "cutting off your nose to spite your face".

Do we fault the chains for this reaction?

Have the NYC politicians/officials gone too far?

I know when I walk into a McDonald's and order a Big Mac, I'm not getting health food. I know it's full of fat and everything else that's not good for me. They can post all the caloric info on the menus that they want, it won't deter me or impact my ordering. I'm there for a reason and saving calories isn't it.

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This is getting ridiculous. Why stop with food? Why not post health information alongside everything that can affect your health? For example, why not post the effects at the gas pumps of exhaust on your lungs? Or the hazards of sun and skin cancer near windows you buy at the hardware store?