Gee does this idiotic nonsense apply to those big soft pretzels the street vendors sell?
This is the kind of stuff that can make a mild-mannered person hate the government. Legislation has been introduced in the New York State Legislature that would make using salt in the preparation of food in restaurants ILLEGAL. The bill, introduced by Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, Democrat, Brooklyn, A. 10129, stipulates:
"No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises,"
If this isn’t the “nanny state” run amuck, what is it?
While this writer sure would like to leap over the lunch counter at Burger King, Wendy’s, or McDonalds and slap around the fries boy for the liberal amount of salt, perhaps enough to make Lake Superior an inland sea, judicious use of salt is necessary for many recipes to be enjoyed to their fullest.
Do we really need the government to micromanage our every decision? This is invasive government out of control, but is this not the logical consequence of what we might expect with government controlled health care? The government’s rationale could be that in order to reduce their costs they could outlaw certain behaviors that statistically would show to raise costs – in this case that excessive salt consumption raises the risk of hypertension. Surely, sugar could be the next target?
Perhaps it is reasonable for chain restaurants that have the capacity to have their food properly assayed could provide nutritional information in their menus; however, such legislation could be grossly unfair to small, often single establishment, restaurants, such as the fine selection of dining venues in Baltimore’s or New York’s “Little Italy.”
Hopefully more rational heads will prevail when this measure comes up for a vote in the New York legislature. Still, just the thought that an elected representative could have the sheer audacity to introduce such an obscene and onerous bill is absolutely terrifying and testimony of the total lack of respect some politicians have for the public they serve. Their attitude is clearly the public is too stupid too look out for themselves and make proper decisions. The state must intercede to protect these pitiful little dumdums.
Text of Bill A 10129:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10129&Summary=Y&Text=Y
More background from New York media, WNYW-TV.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/chefs-call-proposed-new-york-salt-ban-absurd-20100310-akd
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