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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1062405" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]ObamaCare&#039;s Menu Labeling Regs Hike Costs and Stifle Creativity[/h]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [h=2]<a href="http://www.americanpizzacommunity.com/page.asp?g=pizza&amp;content=about" target="_blank">The American Pizza Community</a>,&nbsp; a coalition of the nation’s largest pizza companies, regional chains,&nbsp; and small franchise operators, is supporting passage of the <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN03574:@@@P" target="_blank">Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Ace of 2012</a>,&nbsp; a bill to reform the new menu labeling regulations that have been&nbsp; included in ObamaCare. According to President Obama’s own Office of&nbsp; Management and Budget, the menu display requirements of ObamaCare <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/23/obamacares-pizza-price/" target="_blank">rank</a> as the third most burdensome statutory constraint enacted that year.[/h] For the pizza industry, the <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/dominos-obamacare-requires-34-million-pizza-nutrition-signs/article/2514679#.ULq1OIXhF5t" target="_blank">new regulations</a>&nbsp; require cumbersome and costly menu boards that must contain calorie&nbsp; information for each variety of whole pizza that is prepared in the&nbsp; restaurant. Ironically, however, customers of many pizza establishments&nbsp; will never even see the elaborate menu boards, which could cost about&nbsp; $5,000 per location, since most generally call in a delivery order&nbsp; without ever stepping foot inside the restaurant. Increased costs for&nbsp; menu boards are likely to be <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/dominos-obamacare-requires-34-million-pizza-nutrition-signs/article/2514679#.ULq1OIXhF5t" target="_blank">passed on</a> to customers.&nbsp;The regulations for the menu boards are so <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/23/obamacares-pizza-price/" target="_blank">detailed</a>&nbsp; that pizza shop owners must comply even with font sizes of lettering&nbsp; used, as dictated by the FDA. New products, changes in prices, or the&nbsp; addition of new pizza toppings would require the purchase of a new menu&nbsp; board. In addition, a proposed new product would have to be shipped to a&nbsp; lab for testing and certification at a cost of about $500.&nbsp; So many different new jobs could be created; more print materials will be needed ( sorry tree huggers ) , more transportation needed ( sorry clear air people for the added pollution ) , more inks , more printers needed , more wasted foods for the labs to do their sampling work , more Federal Inspectors needed , with all the possible combinations of different sizes , sauces , and toppings the walls of every pizzeria will be covered with the calorie counting posters .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1062405, member: 12952"] [h=1]ObamaCare's Menu Labeling Regs Hike Costs and Stifle Creativity[/h] [h=2][URL="http://www.americanpizzacommunity.com/page.asp?g=pizza&content=about"]The American Pizza Community[/URL], a coalition of the nation’s largest pizza companies, regional chains, and small franchise operators, is supporting passage of the [URL="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN03574:@@@P"]Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Ace of 2012[/URL], a bill to reform the new menu labeling regulations that have been included in ObamaCare. According to President Obama’s own Office of Management and Budget, the menu display requirements of ObamaCare [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/23/obamacares-pizza-price/"]rank[/URL] as the third most burdensome statutory constraint enacted that year.[/h] For the pizza industry, the [URL="http://washingtonexaminer.com/dominos-obamacare-requires-34-million-pizza-nutrition-signs/article/2514679#.ULq1OIXhF5t"]new regulations[/URL] require cumbersome and costly menu boards that must contain calorie information for each variety of whole pizza that is prepared in the restaurant. Ironically, however, customers of many pizza establishments will never even see the elaborate menu boards, which could cost about $5,000 per location, since most generally call in a delivery order without ever stepping foot inside the restaurant. Increased costs for menu boards are likely to be [URL="http://washingtonexaminer.com/dominos-obamacare-requires-34-million-pizza-nutrition-signs/article/2514679#.ULq1OIXhF5t"]passed on[/URL] to customers. The regulations for the menu boards are so [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/23/obamacares-pizza-price/"]detailed[/URL] that pizza shop owners must comply even with font sizes of lettering used, as dictated by the FDA. New products, changes in prices, or the addition of new pizza toppings would require the purchase of a new menu board. In addition, a proposed new product would have to be shipped to a lab for testing and certification at a cost of about $500. So many different new jobs could be created; more print materials will be needed ( sorry tree huggers ) , more transportation needed ( sorry clear air people for the added pollution ) , more inks , more printers needed , more wasted foods for the labs to do their sampling work , more Federal Inspectors needed , with all the possible combinations of different sizes , sauces , and toppings the walls of every pizzeria will be covered with the calorie counting posters . [/QUOTE]

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