Overlawyered: Chronicling The High Cost Of Our Legal System

Food and agriculture law roundup

  • Just as FDA begins laying groundwork for mandatory salt reduction in prepared food, research raises new doubts about the science [Reuters, Atlantic Wire, Alkon]
  • Feds now scrutinizing “everything about kids’ food” [Star-Tribune] Top-down remake of school lunches runs into trouble in Congress [AP]
  • “Christmas tree tax”: blame big growers and GOP lawmakers, not White House [Tad DeHaven, , Mark Perry]
  • Living right by a USDA-designated “food desert,” she’s “never had better access to food in my life.” [Angie Schmitt, Urbanophile] “As income rises, so does fast-food consumption, study finds” [L.A. Times, Sullum] “You can eat local, or you can eat organic, but it’s very hard to do both.” [Felix Salmon]
  • Bloomberg News (not Bloomberg Hizzoner) hypes food-as-addiction, child obesity figuring in more custody battles [WSJ] Michelle Obama on the role of personal responsibility, alas not in this realm of life [Andrew Coulson, Cato]
  • Private bed-leasing law is finally restoring Maryland’s depleted oyster stocks [Rona Kobell, Reason] Catch shares for Alaskan king crab might even be saving human lives [Adler]
  • Why bother cooking for your kids at all? Feds ramp up program that serves them dinner as well as breakfast, lunch [Stoll]

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8 Comments

  • What derogatory appellation will be used to describe people who do not want government mandated salt reduction?

    Chloride Deniers?

  • Reducing salt in the diets of the general population may not have an overall positive health impact, according to a review of more than 160 scientific studies published Wednesday.

    I guess the science was not settled. Can we file a class action lawsuit against Mayor Bloomberg?

  • “What derogatory appellation will be used to describe people who do not want government mandated salt reduction? ”

    Salt lickers.

    • By Dave

  • @asdfasdf & Dave – how abour ‘Na Sayers’.

    • By ps

  • That article about obesity and child custody was something else. We’re really so panicked about OMG FATKIDS that it’s more important than having a relationship with one of your parents. Wow.

  • Feds now scrutinizing “everything about kids’ food”

    Do they pick on kids because kids can’t vote?

    • By Flemur

  • people who do not want government mandated salt reduction

    Saltbaggers.

    • By Flemur

  • Flemur
    Maybe it’s that they “care” about the kids and if you don’t keep them in office you don’t…

    • By kimsch