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Second Circuit Court of Appeals

FDA Backs Calories On Fast Food Menus - Health News Story - WRC...

The Food and Drug Administration believes the city has a right to force chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menu boards, a government lawyer told a federal appeals court on Thursday, but the court did ...

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Kaelinda

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Jun 13, 2008
 
"In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted saftety. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free."
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What makes NYC, or any other location, to think that people will know what calories mean? They don't read the nutritional information, and that has more data than posting the number of calories. And who says the numbers will be the same between the same product? Now if the NYC (or other location) had to pay for all of the signs, costs, etc......
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