Comments on: New York bill would ban restaurant use of salt in cooking

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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:07:02 +0000

[…] March 2010 · Leave a Comment From the good folks at Overlawyered: Assembly members Felix Ortiz (D-Brooklyn), Margaret Markey (D-Queens) and Nick Perry (D-Brooklyn) […]

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:45:06 +0000

The good news is that since ‘fast food’ restaurants receive many of their ingredients (burger patties, sauces) pre-prepared, they do not have to add salt.

That bacon double cheeseburger with a days worth of sodium will not be affected.

By: GregS

GregS — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:29:48 +0000

Shouldn’t there be an equivalent of disbarment for politicians? If an incompetent lawyer gives legal advice that contradicts the law, he can be disbarred. If a physician is incompetent he can lose his license. If an accountant bungles the bookkeeping he can be kicked out of the profession and may even face charges. But politicians, whose profession is to make laws, can propose and enact legislation that flies in the face of reason, science, and common sense, and they face no disciplinary action at all, except voter rejection at the next election. Really, there should be professional standards that politicians are held to, and can be disciplined against, like in every other profession today.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:44:19 +0000

Note how broadly the bill is written. It doesn’t distinguish between traditional salt, as in sodium chloride and its cousin, potassium chloride. And the bill says “any form.” Thus, (certain) salt water fish probably contain – wait for it – salt, and would thus be prohibited, correct?

By: Bob Lipton

Bob Lipton — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:09:28 +0000

Tomatoes! The fruit of the deadly nightshade!

Bob

By: VMS

VMS — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:19:20 +0000

Luckily this is only proposed legislation by three moronic individuals who don’t seem to understand the lack of benefits and severe consequences of their proposed bill. Nonetheless, much time and money will be wasted by the New York City restaurant Association and others affected to quash this bill before it sees the light of day.

As it said before in comments to this blog site on this topic, those who have been advised to reduce their salt intake by their physicians know who they are, and presumably they will follow their doctor’s instructions. It is only a very small segment of the population that has hypertension that responds to reduced sodium intake or certain types of impaired renal function, that needs to reduce (or eliminate) salt in their diets.

New York City should consider banning all food in restaurants except for salads made with lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, and tomatoes. This will be the new generation of healthful eating in New York City, and Mayor Bloomberg could then claim that we are pioneers in the area of legislating sound nutritional values.

By: My2cents

My2cents — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:37:38 +0000

New York restaurateurs should make it policy to serve only unsalted, unseasoned, fat free, food at all political functions, fund raisers, or meals attended by political figures, both elected and unelected (like the press, union bosses, and mobsters), until these idiots are removed from office. When possible, these establishments should set up a ‘back room’ speakeasy with locked doors and secret passwords for select individual members of the political class to continue eating seasoned food, at vastly higher prices, just to make sure they get the point.

By: Frogfucius

Frogfucius — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:53:46 +0000

Next thing you know they’ll be outlawing bacon for breakfast.

By: captnhal

captnhal — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:38:22 +0000

Does this mean no crackers will be served with soup?

Sugar seems to be next on the list of banned products starting with a NYS sugar tax on soft drinks.

If the intent is to force New Yorkers to consume healthier products, doesn’t alcohol cause more deaths than salt? I don’t hear any calls for going back to the days of prohibition.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:56:42 +0000

I believe the bill says, “salt in any form.” That would essentially ban all food. Morons!

The lunatics are running the asylum.