Ilse Funk - Comment

Document ID: FDA-2011-F-0172-0059
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Food And Drug Administration
Received Date: April 06 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: April 21 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: April 6 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: June 6 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80c1cb97
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Food Labeling: Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments

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The food industry needs to be held more accountable to caloric and nutritional intake in this era of fast and processed foods. The public has the right to be informed about what it is ingesting: for some, eating an ingredient can be deadly at worst, or cause digestive discomfort at he least. Presently there is a segment of the population which cannot "eat out" because of this very reason- no knowledge about specifics of the preparations- including use of the GMO category. The more the public IS informed, the better their food choices may become, and obesity hopefully reduced.