• kandoh@reddthat.com
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    28 days ago

    If we’re capable of putting nutritional information on every food item, then we’re capable of putting the cost of the item at every step of it’s journey down the supply chain.

    Let’s see exactly what the profit margin on everything is.

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      28 days ago

      That’s a legacy rule from a bygone era.

      Modern Politicians are only ever allowed to implement policies that generate more revenue for businesses.

      • BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
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        I’m all for recognizing the near-impossibility of getting any kind of progress done in our corporate-owned government, but the law requiring added sugars be listed separately from total sugars is a recent addition, one I was astonished to see.