You heard about this on the news, but did you know it was Carper? I didn’t.
This one goes in the “credit where credit is due” file.
Senators suggest nationwide calorie labeling system, but would it help?
Without any fanfare amid the Wall Street bailout crisis, senators Tom Carper (D-Delaware) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) filed a bill that would require all restaurants and supermarket food service outlets with more than 20 locations nationwide to provide calorie counts for menu items.
I’m sure fat pigs and Libertarians will be outraged, but I don’t see anything wrong with giving consumers a little more information.