Yes. Those in power, once they have the power, rarely ever give any of it up but rather become addicted to it and seek more and more of it. More importantly, if they are liberal, they will focus on the 'right and wrong' activities of people in society and seek more and more regulation of that.
The government rightfully promotes the general welfare by regulating the proper content and treatment of products that the people cannot realistically test for themselves. I don't mind full disclosure of the contents of a packaged product re salt, fat content, etc. as those of us who read labels make very good use of that. It also helps those with allergies know what products to avoid.
But when it comes down to dictating the size of a soft drink that can legally be sold, that is taking it to unacceptable extremes. What's next? The size of an ice cream sundae--limit it to the 1/2 cup serving as listed on the ice cream package? The size of a Krispy Kreme doughnut? Potato chips limited to small single servings?
It is so very unfortunate that some critical information is not included on labels. Whether GMOs are used in the production of a product is not yet dictated. Again, big agri producers of GMO foodstuffs (if you want to call that food) have managed to keep government from dictating their presence.
I use food labels when shopping. I try to produce as much of my own stuff as I can. Dairy is a big thing for me, I have my own milk, cheese, yogurt, kefir, etc. I can butcher an animal when I run out of wild game. I grow lots of stuff, or buy locally grown food when I can.
Good points. I would also very much like for the foodstuffs that I buy to be clearly labeled with what country they came from and not just the country of the distributorship. There was a story about Whole Foods Market in our local paper just recently expressing how much of the "organic" produce they sell comes from China. How in the hell do we know how it is grown when it comes from China?
So I would appreciate and promote full disclosure in labeling as you suggest. They require manufacturers of pharmaseuticals to spend most of their advertising time explaining all the terrible things that could happen to you if you take a certain drug. Shouldn't there be as much concern about the foodstuffs we consume every day?
But no. We are presented with a limitation on the size of soft drink we will be able to legaly buy. It's absolutely nuts.