Consumer Group Criticizes NYC Board of Health Over Menu Labeling Bill

The Nanny-Mayor continues its misguided and ineffective assault on NYC
restaurants

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Center for Consumer
Freedom (CCF) criticized the New York City Board of Health for mandating that
chain restaurants incorporate nutrition labels on their menus. This morning
the Board unanimously supported the proposal, even though similar legislation
had been previously struck down in court.

"It doesn't take a PhD in nutrition, let alone a high school diploma to tell
the difference between a 12-piece bucket of chicken and a salad," said J.
Justin Wilson, senior research analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom.
"Mayor Bloomberg's Big Brother Board of Health is getting more outrageous as
it spends taxpayer funded time and money regulating food choices, when its own
internal research shows the law will only impact 3 percent of the average
calories in a New Yorker's diet."

Wilson added: "Sooner or later New Yorkers will realize Bloomberg and his
Board are slowly sacrificing common sense on the altar of Nanny-state public
health policies."

According to the Board of Health's own report, restaurants account for less
than one-third of an average New Yorker's diet and the new ordinance would
only apply to 10 percent of New York's 23,000 restaurants. Thus, the new
legislation will only affect 3 percent of the calories consumed by an average
New Yorker.

Beyond the ordinance's narrow scope, the Board's shortsighted legislation
totally ignores the complicated causes of obesity. In fact, Small Choices,
Big Bodies, a new report released by the Center for Consumer Freedom details
that numerous daily lifestyle choices have the biggest impact on our
waistlines.

The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by
restaurants, food companies, and consumers, working together to promote
personal responsibility and protect consumer choices.

Tim Miller - 202.463.7112

SOURCE Center for Consumer Freedom

Tim Miller of the Center for Consumer Freedom, +1-202-463-7112