Fast Food Labels

In Zinczenko’s article he said, "that there are a lack of alternate food options and there are no calorie information charts on fast food packaging, the way there are on grocery items (Zinczenko 394).” This information Zinczenko states may have been true back in 2002 but now of days, government is stepping in. According to the New York Times, President Obama signed off in 2011 that any American patron that enters into a McDonalds, Starbucks, Burger king, or any major restaurant chain, will be required to put calorie information on their menus and drive-through signs. This legislation also requires labels on food items in vending machines. In addition, anyone can find any

Zinczencko complains that unlike many other hazardous items, fast food does not come with warnings on how terrible the food is for one’s health and its future effects. He emphasizes that even if the customers were able to obtain the nutritional facts, they are not palpable, but rather obscure. He points out that the fast-food companies make the nutrition labels vague and misleading; they calculate the calories for every separate part of the meal, and they make it so the consumer must pay attention to serving size as well. He observes that the fast-food industry can get away with confusing labels because there are not any Food and Drug Administration labeling requisites (Word Smart, p. 220) covering fast food. Zinczenko complains that there is not any sort of nutritional labeling on the menus at fast-food restaurants. Now, nine years later, there are some changes, but his point is still valid. McDonald’s menu now states the calories of each meal, but as Zinczenko points out, it is very difficult to

In my opinion warning labels are a waste of money. I believe that my opposition would say that warning labels could help or even save people. But in my eyes people could just ignore them. On the other hand there's already labels called nutrition facts. There wouldn't be a point in putting warning labels. Just read the nutrition facts.

Most people are already health cautious and have a good idea on how meals are laden with calories and fats, but that's not all people. According to studies, an average American eats outside of home about two-thirds of the time. Most of those people don't even know how unhealthy the food from fast food places are. If packaged food is labeled, so should all food you eat. Packaged food includes the information of: calories, fat calories, sodium, calcium, and sugars. It is required regardless of how healthy or unhealthy. Therefore, it makes no sense to deny people with the same information when dining

The passage "We Don't Need Labels" states, "They are there for convenience, for a break in their routine, or for a special occasion." So, when most people go out to eat, they are there for some type of reason. Maybe they are there to celebrate, and escape from their routine of healthy foods day-to-day. The individuals do not go there looking for a healthy meal. That is if they eat nutritious at home everyday. They go there to get away from the healthy foods. Labeling these foods would be unnecessary for this particular reason. Us people do not want to be overwhelmed by a

Consumers could spend as much as $10 more per product if proposed label changes go through. The FDA is proposing new food labels by changing its look, and what information is places on the label. Improving food labels would not improve the public’s health because it is (1)costly, (2)will take lots of time and, (3)it is unnecessary. I believe that the new labels won’t help public health because people are not educated enough to know how to read them. More money should be spent on educating people on the labels rather than changing them. If the new labels are made the people who knew how to read them before will now have to learn how to read the new labels. With the new labels means more money spent on things that is unneeded.

If you were to go to a restaurant, you would want to know what the nutritional values of the food were, would you not? The labels you see on bags of potato chips or a drink are called nutritional labels (also known as food labels), which show you how much calories, proteins, fats, or a lot more that the item has. In fact, the government made it illegal to make products to sell at stores without the nutritional label. Did you know that restaurants are not required by law to have a label on any of their products? The government needs to make a law to make restaurants put the nutritional values on their foods.

Should restaurants have nutritional information on menus or menu boards? Restaurants should have the labels on their menus or menu board. The reasons why they should have the facts posted is people will know what they are eating, how much calories they are having, and how much fats and carbs the dish have.

However, it is important to remember that this essay was written in 2002; today, many fast-food restaurants have a variety of salads, and they serve fruit, juices, and milk on their children’s meals now. However, I do agree with what Zinczenko is calling for: fast-food restaurants need to display the nutritional values of their food. Like the warnings on tobacco and alcoholic items, fast-food nutritional information can be there to warn consumers about what they are about put into their

Do you believe restaurants should be required to label the calories ,fat content, and sodium on their menus? I agree to this controversial argument! If a law was created that required restaurants and diners around the nation to display calories and other health concerns many people would be healthier.

Some fast-food purveyors will provide calorie information on request, but even that can be hard to understand (Zinczenco, 2002.) The essence of Zinczenco’s s argument is that Americans are unable to be fully informed of the harm the food they consume completely inflicts their health. This backs of the writers claim, that you are unable to place the complete blame of obesity, completely on the consumer. If consumers are completely oblivious to the fact that there food labels are completely rigged, how is it even possible for the consumer to get the truth? The easy answer would be repeatedly placing the blame on the consumer, and saying they should do extensive research on the food which they eat. But in complete honesty, this is a ridiculous standard which most Americans won't bother putting time and effort into. This quote ties back into Zinczenco’s claim that the cooperation which serve such unhealthy food are at fault, for it is they who feed food that can lead to a life altering disease, without properly informing the consumer.

The dangers of the food industry need to be revealed to the public so that people can live healthier lifestyles. For this to be done, the food companies need to start labeling what is in their food. There are numerous harmful chemicals and hormones found in the food we consume, and there needs to be more awareness of what society is recklessly ingesting. A two-year study on the effects of genetic mutation on mice was published on September 19th, 2011 in Food and Chemical Toxicology. In the experiment, the mice consumed corn that was sprayed with Roundup, the food company, Monsanto’s brand of weed killer, or drank water with levels of Roundup that are similar to what is found in U.S. tap water. The shocking results revealed that the mice

Fats, calories, and unhealthy food, these are all things that are in are foods and without labeling to tell us how much in in there we will never know which foods are healthy and unhealthy. So I have come to state facts and details on why food labelling should be a law and should be enforced.

Furthermore, to solve this problem the public is having, fast food restaurants need to put warning labels on their food. This way, the public will stop complaining about all of the issues they keep having with fast foods. If someone was to get get sick, they couldn’t get sued because the warning label would be on the food. In this case everyone are on the same page and aware of what they’re

So not only do I think that the calories should be labeled on the restaurant menu but the U.S. government agrees. It is not just the calories that should be labeled on the menu, but like I said the ingredients have a lot